Trivia

[Brutal]

What sprinter tied the world record 4 times in less than 30 days?

One brother is an Olympic champ the other in the NFL's Hall Of Fame?

He held every American record from the 50yard dash to the mile sometime in his career?

First world class sprinter from Nigeria?

One year this athlete had top 10 seasonel marks in the 100,200,400 and the 110's?

First Olympian from Grambling?

nuff!

[Per Andersen]

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Hey Brutal, I thought you packed it in!
I'll go with Dave Sime
Jim&Rafer Johnson
Lon Myers
Jimmy Omagbemi
Alvin Kraenszlein
Dick Stebbins
By the way Darrel Brown will win the 100 in Athens.
I knew that was going to be your next question.

[bf]

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1. Eddie Tolan (10.4s, 1929) ?
2. ?
3. Lon Myers
4. Innocent Egbunike? Sunday Uti?
5. ?
6. Stone Johnson

[Brutal]

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Nope still kicking.

I was thinking of Eddie Tolan who ran 10.4 4 times in a row between July 31-Aug25 1929.

I was also thinking of Jamaica's Keith Gardner who in 1958 ran

9.4
10.3
20.4
46.3
13.8

To make the top 10 list in all of those events.

Stone Johnson was the first Grambling Olympian beatting Stebbins by 4 years.

Would you happen to know what college John Gilbert a world class sprinter from the early 60's went to? I can't find this to save my life.
I'm beginning to think he didn't go the college.

Help!

[Brutal]

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Make that 20.8 not 20.4 for Gardner

Yep you nailed the rest of the questions.

[bf]

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(ps- wouldve gotten Johnsons, but thought 3rd brother needed to be named....)

[Per Andersen]

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Yes, of course it was Stone Johnson. My mind is still in Budapest!

[bigfish]

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Brutal, your question on John Gilbert. I believe he graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1960 and then attended Santa Barbara State(now Univ. of CA at Santa Barbara) but did most of his running for the LA Striders

[Brutal]

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This guy has always intrigued me.We see nothing then all of a sudden there he is as a Strider running world class times.

Hey thanks a lot I really appreciate that.One less mystery to deal with.....thanks!

[jhc68]

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John Gilbert was an undersized but bullet fast track and football sensation as a prep at Santa Barbara High School. After that he ran very very quick sprint times for a couple of years but had financial, physical and emotional problems that cut short his running career. If you go to newspress.com and search the archives section there is an informative column about him that I remember reading several years ago in the Santa Barbara New-Press. I think it will cost you $2.50 to download the article.

[Brutal]

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All I know about him is what I've read. Is he white or black?

[bigfish]

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John Gilbert was black. A short powerful guy built along the lines of Ira Murchinson.

[Brutal]

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How about Mel Pender since I've never seen a picture of Murchinson.

[bigfish]

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Yes he was built like either Herb Washington or Mel Pender.