Forgotten White Athletes?

Speaking of the call . . . "I've just been informed by Brendan Foster, that's a new Gateshead Harriers record."
You think?! Longest jump ever, and it's a new record for the Gateshead Harriers track club back in England. Hilarious! But he says it completely matter of fact.
 
jacknyc said:
Speaking of the call . . . "I've just been informed by Brendan Foster, that's a new Gateshead Harriers record."
You think?! Longest jump ever, and it's a new record for the Gateshead Harriers track club back in England. Hilarious! But he says it completely matter of fact.
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That's funny. The English are the best at dry understatement, whether meant seriously or as comedy. That was the basis of a lot of Monty Python's humor.
 
Somehow came across this guy, Doug Hawken, who I had never heard of.
Here he is in 1969, beating future Olympian and WR record holder, Eddie Hart.
Hawken ran a 9.2 for 100 yards in this race.
I wonder what happened with his career?
 

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jacknyc said:
Somehow came across this guy, Doug Hawken, who I had never heard of.
Here he is in 1969, beating future Olympian and WR record holder, Eddie Hart.
Hawken ran a 9.2 for 100 yards in this race.
I wonder what happened with his career?
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Wow another name I have never heard of. Might try to research it more sometime soon. We had so many great sprinters from the past but it's hard to find much info on them before the internet age. I thing sites like wayback machine and internet archive are great for
researching.
 
Here's a description of the race.
Not only did he beat Eddie Hart, but he ran him down!
After junior college he attended ASU.
 

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Great race! Thank you for sharing.
The German men used to be very, very good in many track events.
Unfortunately, they have fallen off a cliff over the past 20 or so years.
 
The white guy in this race was a genuinely excellent 200m sprinter long before Lemaitre, Guliyev etc moved the goal posts. Watch his race as he finishes 3rd to the two match-up favourites.

The race starts just before the 14 minute mark

 
mastermulti said:
The white guy in this race was a genuinely excellent 200m sprinter long before Lemaitre, Guliyev etc moved the goal posts. Watch his race as he finishes 3rd to the two match-up favourites.

The race starts just before the 14 minute mark

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I remember Kevin Little very well as I was a big fan of his. He was in the Sports Illustrated Article about "What Happened to the White Athlete".

Michael Johnson always ran as straight up as any sprinter. It almost looked like he was wearing a back brace. To be fair both of the top
2 sprinters in this race had countless rumors about p.e.d.s. Kevin Little never was mentioned with any of that

Thanks for posting this race. I enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane.
 
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