1942
Robert Lee Hayes, United States, sprints. Bob Hayes was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where he ran track and played football for Gilbert High School. Upon graduation he entered Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. During his years at FAMU he established himself as a world class sprinter, setting world records in the indoor 60y dash of 5.9 and in the outdoor 100y dash of 9.1. Representing the United States in the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games, Hayes won the gold medal in the men's 100m dash, setting a new world record of 10.06. Hayes also ran on the U.S. gold medal 4 x 100m relay team. After the Olympics Hayes left athletics for a professional football career in the NFL. Hayes passed away in Jacksonville on 18 September 2002, suffering from prostate cancer.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
September 17 Birthdays
1942
Doris Brown, American distance runner. Brown won a total of five world cross-country titles (1967 - 1971), competed on two US Olympic teams (1964, 1968), set numerous world and US records in distances ranging from 440y up to two miles, and was the first woman ever to break five minutes in the indoor mile.
Doris Brown, American distance runner. Brown won a total of five world cross-country titles (1967 - 1971), competed on two US Olympic teams (1964, 1968), set numerous world and US records in distances ranging from 440y up to two miles, and was the first woman ever to break five minutes in the indoor mile.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
August 22 Birthdays
1942
Harald Norpoth, Germany, middle-distance runner. Norpoth was the silver medalist in the 5,000m (13:49.6) at the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games. He was not nearly as succesful in subsequent Olympic contests, finishing fourth in the 1,500m in 1968 (Mexico City) and sixth in the 5,000m in 1972 (Munich). In the European Championships, Norpoth won a silver medal in the 5,000m and a bronze in the 1,500m in 1966 (Budapest), and a bronze medal in the 5,000m in 1971 (Helsinki). Norpoth also set a world record in the 2,000m (4:57.8) in 1966. Notably, in 1973 in the final 5,000m race of his career, he ran his personal best time for the distance and defeated the celebrated American 5,000m runner, Steve Prefontaine.
Harald Norpoth, Germany, middle-distance runner. Norpoth was the silver medalist in the 5,000m (13:49.6) at the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games. He was not nearly as succesful in subsequent Olympic contests, finishing fourth in the 1,500m in 1968 (Mexico City) and sixth in the 5,000m in 1972 (Munich). In the European Championships, Norpoth won a silver medal in the 5,000m and a bronze in the 1,500m in 1966 (Budapest), and a bronze medal in the 5,000m in 1971 (Helsinki). Norpoth also set a world record in the 2,000m (4:57.8) in 1966. Notably, in 1973 in the final 5,000m race of his career, he ran his personal best time for the distance and defeated the celebrated American 5,000m runner, Steve Prefontaine.
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