greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

[dbirds]

Don't want the 20th century to get all the love. Here's a few starters:

Lon Myers
Malcolm Ford
Donald Dinnie
Walter George

[kuha]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

Don't want the 20th century to get all the love. Here's a few starters:

Lon Myers
Malcolm Ford
Donald Dinnie
Walter George

Ford was good, but not in the league of Myers and George. I would add full-time pros Harry Hutchens and Deerfoot, as well, to such a list.

[Marlow]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

whatever kuha says - he KNOWS this stuff.

[catson52]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

For top position, tough not to vote for either Myers or George.

[LopenUupunut]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

Having "male" in the subject line seems a bit redundant...

[bambam]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

Don't want the 20th century to get all the love. Here's a few starters:

Lon Myers
Malcolm Ford
Donald Dinnie
Walter George

Ford was good, but not in the league of Myers and George. I would add full-time pros Harry Hutchens and Deerfoot, as well, to such a list.

But if you're talking greatest all-around athlete, it probably is Malcolm Ford. Harry Hutchens definitely deserves consideration as probably the fastest sprinter of the late 19th century.

[kuha]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

Don't want the 20th century to get all the love. Here's a few starters:

Lon Myers
Malcolm Ford
Donald Dinnie
Walter George

Ford was good, but not in the league of Myers and George. I would add full-time pros Harry Hutchens and Deerfoot, as well, to such a list.

But if you're talking greatest all-around athlete, it probably is Malcolm Ford. Harry Hutchens definitely deserves consideration as probably the fastest sprinter of the late 19th century.

I didn't think we were talking greatest all-around. I thought the point was greatest--i.e., highest quality--athlete, period. My original comments stand.

[jhc68]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

Walter George... or R.P.Williams if you believe his purported times.

[Dilan Esper]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

This thread makes me think of the late Don Potts. He knew so much about Lon Meyers' races that it was almost like he had been there.

[kuha]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

This thread makes me think of the late Don Potts. He knew so much about Lon Meyers' races that it was almost like he had been there.

We're lucky that every one of them was reported in considerable detail in the sporting papers of the day. The Potts book used big chunks of that commentary...

[Conor Dary]

Re: greatest male T&F athletes (19th century)

This thread makes me think of the late Don Potts. He knew so much about Lon Meyers' races that it was almost like he had been there.

Except how to spell his name. Laurence E. Myers, not Lawrence. Perhaps he was thinking of the movie.