Charles Dumas has passed away

[Conor Dary]

Re: Charles Dumas has passed away

For Brumel get the new release of Tokyo Olympiad DVD from Criterion. Lots of, but sadly not all, great track including the high jump with Brumel, Thomas, Rambo etc.

Re: Charles Dumas has passed away

Does anyone have video of either Dumas or Brumel? I don't think I've ever seen them jumping.

(Steve...your spelling is correct, I had to look up "aesthetically" yesterday for a hurdle post!)

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: Charles Dumas has passed away

>>He was the most beautiful jumper I ever saw.

I was there as a teenager
>in
>the L. A. Coliseum when he jumped 7 feet and it was an amazing
>celebration,
>especially for a homegrown product from Southern
>California.


Here is an article that includes a pic of that
>
jump.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20 ... -dumas.htm
>



thanks for the inclusion of that obituary; and that picture says it all. Looks like he's floating. And as an old straddler I still miss the beauty of it.

Brumel's style had a beauty and power of its own but Dumas was "prettier."

The Flop is definitely a better style to achieve higher heights but aesthetically (sp. ?) it's a bummer( IMHO ) compared to the Straddle.

[MJD]

Re: Charles Dumas has passed away

>He was the most beautiful jumper I ever saw.

I was there as a teenager in
>the L. A. Coliseum when he jumped 7 feet and it was an amazing celebration,
>especially for a homegrown product from Southern California.


Here is an article that includes a pic of that
jump.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20 ... dumas.html

Re: Charles Dumas has passed away

He was the most beautiful jumper I ever saw.

I was there as a teenager in the L. A. Coliseum when he jumped 7 feet and it was an amazing celebration, especially for a homegrown product from Southern California.

Re: Charles Dumas has passed away

I, too, was very sad to see this...

[stevehj197]

Just got my morning paper...sadly see that Charles Dumas died of cancer yesterday in Los Angeles; he was only 66.