More photos from various sources, the first three courtesy of Chuck Frawley former U. of Texas runner
Pat Clohessy winning 2 miles at Drake
George,
I wanted to say a little more about Pat Clohessy. Not only was he NCAA X-C champion several times, but also NCAA champion on the Track I think in the 10K on the track. He returned to Australia to become the National Distance Coach and received may national awards. One of his students was Rod de Castillo BAA winner in 1986 from AUS. Pat followed the teaching of Authur Lydiard, Peter Snell’s coach. Currently Pat is in failing health, and lives in Chappel Hill Queensland. Chuck Frawley
Peter Snell
Eddie Southern
Louis Zamperini checking flak damage on his bomber
C.K. Yang, Rafer Johnson, Valeriy Kuznetsov
Rome 1960
Wilson Kiprigut, Kenya's first Olympic medalist 1968
William Penn HS team working out on their home track, Philadelphia, PA
During a thirty year period over 40 young women from this school went to college on track scholarships
Boston 2022 about 6 miles into it by Ned Price
Alan Webb, NCAA regionals Terre Haute, IN about 2001
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Ricardo Romo setting pace for Jim Ryun at Berkeley
Post Race
Grelle (??) Romo
Billy Cannon, Heisman winner LSU
1959 Billy Cannon winning LSU Relays over Dave Styron NE Lou. and Dee Givens Oklahoma
Victor Sanyev, Soviet Union
Glenn Cunningham at Lawrence , Kansas
Gayle Sayers
How many of you saw this movie?
Grace Butcher, Istvan Rozavolgyi
Alain Mimoun between Chiclet and Duleau behind and inside.
Correction from Jose Sant
in front of Mimoun is Abdelslam Rahdi , second in Rome behind Abebe Bikkila in marathon
Boston '78 early stages
Frank Shorter, Boston 78 on Heartbreak Hill
Ira Murchison winning at White City London
The pic of Murch the best. Lived but 61 yrs. His gluts came straight out of his lower back like a shelf. He pushed so much air out of the way hurtling down the track you could feel the “wind” 3-4 lanes over. A phenom. Transferred from Iowa to Western. And rumor has it it was because Geo Dales made a way for him, nurtured him. And, in a sense, protected him. I seem to recall reading Murch had no real father. I am imagining we are seeing in that picture not the pain of effort at the tape but an exultation … a celebration of the immense God given talent he possessed. Indoors, watching him with his start was like watching a bullet shot from a gun. A true phenom equaling the 100 yd WR and setting WRs in both the 60 yd and 69 m dashes alongside his Olympic gold medal in 1956 popping off the 4 x 100. Richard Mach
Larry Questad, Tommie Smith, John Carlos at Echo Summit 1968
George,
Thanks for this batch of memory ticklers.
Gerry Ashworth and I were ‘63 classmates at Dartmouth.
Warmest wishes for the Holidays,
Roy Benson
PS,
Spent time at the NCAA cross country championships in Stillwater in November. Was visiting my old buddy Jerry Crockett who spent his idle time, when he wasn’t teaching ecology, as a volunteer coach with the distance runners from early ‘70s til just last year. I was lucky to spend lots quality time with that gang of middle distance runners who loved chasing 2 mile relay records.
Great guys who nothing but good things to say about you guys from OU.
Harrison Dillard, how bout that two handed lead on second runner?
George Young
Tough sledding in a master's race in London 1920's
Alf Schrubb, top British Marathoner at turn of century
Arnie Robinson
Some of US team celebrating in Berlin 1936
Front L-R Marty Glickman, Cornelius Johnson, Jesse Owens, Glen Hardin
Back L-R Gene Venske, Albert Mangin, Foy Draper, Forrest Towns
Thane Baker to Bobby Morrow, Melbourne 1956
Robbie Brightwell, Ann Packer, John Cooper Tokyo 1964
British Empire Games 1938
pre steroid era
Dick Burkele and Filbert Bayi
Card Shark Bob Schul teaching Ron Clarke, Billy Mills,
Peter Snell, and Michel Jazy to play blackjack 1964 Tokyo
Have you ever seen so much talent at one table going to waste?
Carl Lewis
Johnny Hayes and Tom Longboat
London 1908
Valeriy Borzov, Soviet Union Munich 1972
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