[3] Cloughen attended Morris High School in the Bronx, where he was a member of the football, baseball and basketball teams as well as Treasurer of the Athletic Association.

[4] In 1910, Cloughen broke the world's record for the 110 yard dash at the Tailtin Games held at Celtic Park, Queens, New York, with a time of 10.8 seconds.

"Cloughen jumped into the lead at the start of the 110-yard dash and led all the way, winning by two yards from John Eller in the remarkably fast time of 0:10 4–5.

Billy Keating, another of Lawson Robertson's team (the Irish American Athletic Club), finished a close third.

[6] From Vermont he returned to New York as track coach at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn from 1926 to 1930.