Track and Field and War...

[79.]

Too many athletic heroes killed in battle fields
through the 20th century:
Jean BOUIN
Rudolph HARBIG...
Who else?

[gh]

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50% of the people who would have competed in 1948 but you never heard of them.

[twittering debutante]

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There was Vaultus, the great Greek pole vaulter who was killed during the Pelopponesian War.

[MJR]

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Ron Zinn - Vietnam

[dukehjsteve]

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Cliff Cushman, Viet Nam

also in Viet Nam and lost was Tyrone Pannell, if anyone remembers him... from NYC.

[wineturtle]

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I seem to remember a Pannell from about that time,did he jump at 168 St vs Bill McCullan(sp?)? I think they were going after the first Armory 7 footer.

Edit:An AAU Development meet maybe?

[dukehjsteve]

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>I seem to remember a Pannell from about that time,did he jump at 168 St vs Bill
>McCullan(sp?)? I think they were going after the first Armory 7
>footer.

Edit:An AAU Development meet maybe?

It was Bill McClellon.

Pannell was both a HJ'er and a hurdler but he was not nearly as good as McClellon in the HJ.

Going by memory McClellon was around 6'9" and Pannell about 6'6".

[lasse10k]

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Dick Shea - Korea - Medal of Honor recipient, posthumously. Held the mile and two mile marks at West Point.

[malmo]

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>50% of the people who would have competed in 1948 but you never heard of them.

For 1920-28, the influenza epidemic of 1918 wiped out almost as many.

[lefterisp]

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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras died while fighiting in the 1st WW.

[eldrick]

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>Konstantinos Tsiklitiras died while fighiting in the 1st WW<

isn't that the name of the greek GP meet ?

could you give us some info on the guy ?

[Pego]

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Evžen Rošický in WW II. The Prague meeting was named after him, a few years ago renamed after Odložil.

[dukehjsteve]

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Al Blozis of Georgetown in WW II

[tafnut]

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wrong sport, but Pat Tillman's story is inspirational.

[ltricard]

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sorry guys, but i can't help mentioning phidippides knowing what distance fanatics you are....