Alfred Oerter Jr. was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Summer Olympics. Born in the…
Happy 49th birthday to the only man in track & field history ever to win the 200 and 400 meter dashes in the same meet. Michael…
Today we celebrate the birthdays of a fistful of notable athletes. Gregory Foster was born in Chicago on this date in 1958. He attended Proviso…
The 20th century produced several legendary Finnish middle and long distance runners. The last of these “Flying Finns” was Lasse Viren. The nickname was first used…
An elementary school teacher drove Amy Acuff to make five U.S. Olympic teams. Amy Lyn Acuff was born in Port Arthur, Texas—hometown of the late…
Paavo Nurmi is the most accomplished distance runner in history. Born in Turku, Finland, on this date in 1897, Nurmi was the oldest of five…
Rod Milburn was a man with enormous talent and terrible timing. Rodney Milburn, Jr. was born in Opelousas, Louisiana—a small town 30 miles west of…
The Boston Marathon is the oldest and fastest marathon in the United States. “Marathon” comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger, who was…