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Randy Burt ate pepperoni pizza and drank red wine for dinner on Sept. 24, 1977. The next morning, he put on his old high school gym uniform and went to the starting line of the first Chicago Marathon.
He described his track career there as having more "lowlights than highlights." [ 1 ] He did achieve some success as an athlete there, including notably a gold medal as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1963 Pan American Games (with Ira Murchison , Ollan Cassell and Earl Young ), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] but injury curtailed his career. [ 5 ]
Frederick B. Mitchell, (born July 10, 1948), in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a former award-winning sportswriter and columnist (1974–2015) for the Chicago Tribune.He is the author of 12 books and also the namesake for the Fred Mitchell Award, which annually goes to the top placekicker among over 750 non-FBS colleges in America.
Pages in category "Track and field athletes from Chicago" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Track and field athletes from Chicago (80 P) W. Water polo players from Chicago (18 P) Pages in category "Sportspeople from Chicago" The following 191 pages are in ...
After Mexico, Matthews gave up track and field for a year as he struggled with the demands of work and marriage, but worked his way back to full fitness and into contention for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. At the 400m Olympic Trials, Matthews finished third behind John Smith and Wayne Collett, beating old rival Lee Evans into fourth. In ...
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O'Hara was born in Chicago, Illinois. [2] He also held the world record for fastest mile indoors , which was set when he ran 3:56.6 on February 13, 1964. He beat that record on March 6 of the same year with a time of 3:56.4, a world record, later equalled by Jim Ryun but not beaten for ten years until Tony Waldrop ran 3:55.0 in 1974.