Which "lost" recording from athletics history would you most like to see? My choice would be the 1967 mens' 1500m in the W.Germany-v-USA match where Jim Ryun ran an unbelievable last 300m.
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I've got a VERY long list!
-Walter George's 4:12 (I wish!)
-Harbig's 1:46
-Kuts vs. Chataway
-just about anything with Herb Elliott
-more of Snell's blistering kick in the early '60s
-Ryun's 1:44.9
-Clarke's 27:39.4 & 13:16.6
-that x-c race between Pre & Lindgren
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A HD slo-mo HD of Bob Hayes' Tokyo anchor
McTear's 9.0
Jesse's Day of Days
Tommie's 19.5
Skeets' HSR
Moses' Fla Rlys break-thru (and I was there!)
Fosbury's first 7'-er
The first guy to use a fiberglass pole correctly - musta been a riot!
Matson's first 71'
Big O's 80' fouls
Hohn's 343' (maybe that IS out there)
Anything of Wilma's
Decker's run vs. The Russkis at 14 (13?)
Every jump Stacy's ever taken on a special DVD! :wink:
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Originally posted by EPelleI'd like to have seen the crowds go wild in 1942-45 with Andersson and Hägg competing here in Sthlm, Gbg and Malmö, erasing one WR after another. Oh, the golden years.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, I don't recall ever seeing footage of Landy's 3:57.9. Does that exist?
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I haven't seen it - and I've looked at the usual suspects from time to time. I once viewed a dvd titled, "The Greatest Milers", but no Landy.
Nice write-up and recollection by Landy:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/ ... m=storylhs
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Originally posted by no onekuha - I've seen Elliot's Oly victory on the web, and it seems another race or two. Alas - can't remember where
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Originally posted by EPelleI'd like to have seen the crowds go wild in 1942-45 with Andersson and Hägg competing here in Sthlm, Gbg and Malmö, erasing one WR after another. Oh, the golden years.
http://svtplay.se/v/1506524/arne_andersson_ar_dod
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Roland Locke's 20.6 from 1926
Bob Hayes losing the Florida State HS Championships to Jimmy "Peach Head" Gordon
Texas Southern vs Southern U in a 4x1 in 1966
Smith's 19.5
McTears 9.0
Leamon King vs James Jackson in the 100yd at the 1955 Cal HS Championships
Any Lon Myers race
Eulace Peacock winning the 1935 Nationals in the 100m
Hal Davis tying the 9.4 WR
Sam Perry's 5.9 tying the WR
Herb Washington's WR 5.8
Darel Newman beating Bob Hayes in a 60.
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Originally posted by EPellekuha, that was exactly what I was looking for -- that burning excitement generated by the races -- something folks took home with them for life.
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