V 6 N. 74 Shakespeare Knew Cross Country
SHAKESPEARE UNDERSTOOD CROSS COUNTRYWhen I first saw Henry V performed on the silver screen by Kenneth Brannagh, I was so moved by the St. Crispin’s Day speech before the Battle of Agincourt that I...
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V 6 N. 75 Knowles Dougherty R.I.P.
Knowles Dougherty R.I.P.By Paul O’SheaCross Country Journal Publisher and Editor Knowles Dougherty died September 1, 2016 in his Austin, Minnesota home. He was 82 years old. While a man of varied...
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V 6 N. 76 1964 Yonkers Marathon A Conference Call
The 1964 Olympic Marathon TrialsYonkers, NYConference Call with Some of the ParticipantsBuddy Edelen after the Yonkers Race (AP photo) On June 8, 2016 I was privileged to listen in on a conference...
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V 6 N. 77 Simone Schaller Oldest Olympian dies at 104
Simone Schaller competed in the 1932 and 1936 as a hurdler for the US team, going head to head with her more famous contempary Mildred 'Babe' Didrickson. In the prelims in Los Angeles, Schaller tied...
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V 6 N. 78 Greatest Ultra On US Soil
This article has just been lifted from Gary Corbitt. For more information on US history of long distance running and links to Road Runners Club of America site go to tedcorbitt.comThe link on that...
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V 6 N. 79 September , 1966 A Tale of Two Milers
Roy wrote to me that very little happened or was reported in the September, 1966 T F & N, but noted that there were two nice pictures of two young men running sub four minute miles. One was the...
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V 6 N. 80 "Today We Die A Little" a Book Review by Paul O'Shea
Before The Bullet Train, The Czech Locomotive A Book ReviewBy Paul O’SheaMy Czechoslovakian mother objected when I joined the high school cross country team. You’ll wear yourself out, it’s bad for your...
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V 6 N. 81 Track Guy in the Newsroom and Walter Cronkite
This week when there were some newflashes reminding us of the 100th anniversary of Walter Cronkite's birth, I remembered this picture of Walter I put on my first blog U. of Oklahoma Track and Field...
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V 6 N. 81 Diane Palmason, Canadian Legend
Diane PalmasonCanadian Distance Running RoyaltyDiane Palmason at home in Comox, BC Amby Burfoot recently wrote a book titled “The First Ladies of Running”. He covers the lives of twenty of the...
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V 6 N. 84 Zatopek, Zamperini, Film and Margaritas
We received this note from Mike Solomon a few weeks ago:George,Before we went to the L.A. Coliseum to see the Cal-USC game we had dinner at the El Cholo Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles.a watering...
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V 6 N. 84 November-December, 1966
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 1966 Once again a paucity of hard news has forced us to combine two issues of Track and Field News. We will get back to the one issue format in January.NOVEMBER Oddly, the...
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V. 6 N. 85 Jay Birmingham, Story of an Ultimate Runner
This piece comes from the blog "The History of 20th Century Running in Greater Cincinnati'written by old friend Bob Roncker. I've met Jay Birmingham several times through mutual friend Steve Price....
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V 6 N. 86 Passing of a Bronco , A Sighting of Zatopek, and a MAC Publicity Photo
John Bork (NCAA 880 Champ 1961, 1:48.3) informed us of the passing of his teammate Richard "Dick" Greene in Las Vegas this past week. Greene was a stalwart on that herd of Broncos that dominated...
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V 6 N. 87 Stan Huntsman R.I.P.
Stan Huntsman passed away at age 84 in Austin, TX where he finished his coaching career at the University of Texas. He had also coached at Ohio University and University of Tennessee.Stan Huntsman...
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V 6 N. 88 More on Stan Huntsman
Our little piece on Stan Huntsman's passing has brought in an outpouring of messages and memories about he man. Apparently Stan had touched a lot of people in positive ways that they wish to make...
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V 6 N. 89 David Hunter, Writing for the Future Today
David Hunter, Writing For The Future TodayBy Paul O’SheaDavid HunterThe journalist, it is said, writes the first rough draft of history. Historians of the future, who write the polished books and...
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V 6 N. 88 Betty Robinson and some Football Coaches
Knute Rockne Football coaches are remembered for a long time, think Pop Warner, Knute Rockne, Red Blaik or Paul Brown. Whereas world class track athletes have a much shorter time for instant...
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V6 N. 89 Miruts Yifter R.I.P.
Miruts Yifter passed away today in .....Canada? So the story goes. Double winner of the 5000 and 10,000 meters at the Moscow Olympics 1980, Yifter was one of the early and great Ethiopean runners...
View ArticleV 6 N. 90 (Satire) Project Shoeshot: A Business Plan to Produce a Sub-Two...
(Satire)Project Shoeshot: A Business Plan to Produce a Sub-Two Hour Marathon By a Joint Venture of Nike Inc. and Adidas AGPresented by Paul O’SheaRecently, Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Adidas AG (Deutsche...
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V 7 N. 1 A Needed Correction on Miguel White
Miguel WhiteOne of our more interesting posts in the past was a collection of people who had been Olympians, and/or Olympic Medalists who had died serving their countries in war. Miguel White...
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