Once Upon a Time in the Vest

Saturday, June 13, 2015

V 5 N. 56 Irving "Moon" Mondschein , Decathlete and Coach RIP



Irving Mondschein,  former decathlete, 1948 ,  eighth place in London Olympics, former Penn Coach, and patriarch of a track and field family recently passed away.   The article below is from The New York Times.  Click on Irving Mondschein

Irving Mondschein


Moon Mondschein , as assistant to his son Brian at Kutztown U.

Penn Throwing Complex
Competing in Decathlon at 1948 Olympics

Coaching in the early 1950's in Israel

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V 15 N. 10 Gunder 'The Wunder' Haegg Visits Cincinnati

Bob Roncker of Cincinnati, Ohio has sent in this account of one day on the 1943 tour that Gunder Haegg of Sweden made to the US to help rais...