1930-2024
No one as old as me could have helped missing the notice of the passing of Greg Bell, Indiana University's 1956 Olympic Champion in the Long Jump. He came between the era's of Jesse Owens and Ralph Boston. He had an incredibly interesting life, rising from extreme poverty to living a life of service to others. Dave Woods has done an admirable job of writing about Greg and his life on Dyestat. I leave you with a link to that story.
Greg Bell Story by Dave Woods of Dyestat
The Iowa State Cross Country Tragedy
Last night on the news we were drawn to the story of the plane crash in the Potomac River caused by the collision of an Army Blackhawk helicopter and a commercial airline plane. This morning additional news included that a number the victims on the plane were members of the national ice skating program and also a Russian pair who were Olympic Champions were on the plane. Mention was made of several past crashes of which sports teams were on board including the Manchester United soccer team, the Marshall University football team, Wichita State football, a Russian soccer team and many others, and then the memory of the Iowa State cross county team tragedy came up.
Here is the link to the Iowa State Athletics website that talks about that crash and the lives lost.
Iowa State Cross Country Tragedy 1985
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