Ninth Symphony

[DoubleRBar]

Happy birthday today (Friday) to an Olympic champion who was born on a Wednesday 119 years ago today and died on a Wednesday at the age of 72.

This champion competed in two Olympic Games (no hurdles), winning the gold medal at the first of those two Games (both Olympics in Europe).

Our birthday athlete was born some eight years before the "King of the Cowboys" and both (birthday athlete and "King of the Cowboys") were born in the same city and in the same month.

Some of you may remember that Beethoven premiered a certain symphony in 1824 and if you rearrange those four numbers (1824), you can come up with a certain world record which was set at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

The athlete that set that certain world record in Mexico shares the same initials with our birthday champion.

Interesting to note that the athlete from the Mexico City Olympics won the gold medal about 44 years after our birthday individual won the Olympic gold medal.

Can you name our birthday champion, without using any research, on this last Friday of November?

Give it a try and good luck to you.

[79]

I see Dave Hemery's 48"1 (400m/h WR in Mexico)

[Trickstat]

The electric time was 48.12, which remained the UK record until Kriss Akabusi broke it at the 1990 European Champs.

I think we are looking for someone with the initials DH. How about DeHart (?) Hubbard who won the LJ? I believe he was the first black Olympic track & field champion.

[DoubleRBar]

DeHart Hubbard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 119 years ago today. Nice job, Trickstat.

DeHart Hubbard won the long jump at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He also competed in the triple jump, however he did not make the final (no mark).

Hubbard also competed in the long jump at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, but did not make the long jump final in the Netherlands.

DeHart Hubbard was also a pretty good bowler (as in bowling).

He died in Cleveland, Ohio, in June of 1976 at the age of 72.

Thank you, Trickstat and 79.

[DET59]

RE the "king of the cowboys" : Seeing Trigger stuffed and mounted in Apple Valley freaked me out as a kid.....

[ATK]

How about DeHart (?) Hubbard who won the LJ? I believe he was the first black Olympic track & field champion.

John Taylor actually won gold as part of the Medley Relay in 1908

[DoubleRBar]

RE the "king of the cowboys" : Seeing Trigger stuffed and mounted in Apple Valley freaked me out as a kid.....

I think there were a few people who didn't appreciate what happened to Trigger. Actually, Trigger was mounted, but not stuffed.