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Old October 24th, 2007 #81
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Old October 24th, 2007 #82
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I thought this would be the perfect place to put these olympics statistics from 1936 when Nazi Germany hosted the games. All you ever hear about is how Hitler was shown that the Aryan race is not superior because of Jesse Owens. However, on the OLYMPICS WEBSITE, I found some information that is quite the contrary to this digusting ignorance of Nazi Germany's absolute dominance in all medal categories for that year.

Anyways, see for yourself on the olympics website:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past...GT=1&OLGY=1936
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Glenn Cunningham
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When he was only eight years old, Glenn Cunningham's physicians told him that he would never walk again after suffering from severe leg burns from a gasoline explosion. Cunningham not only walked but was one of the premiere milers in the 1930s. The Morton County athlete also starred in the 1932 Olympics.

For three years, from 1932 - 1934, he won the Big Six indoor titles and was again at the Olympics in 1936. Then in 1938 Cunningham became the world's fastest miler as he set a new record at Dartmouth College. That same year he also received a doctorate degree from New York University.

During World War II he entered the Navy and established new physical training programs at both the Great Lakes and San Diego training stations.

Cunningham received much recognition over a long period of time but perhaps one of his most satisfying experiences was Elkhart's Glenn Cunningham day, held in 1933 when he returned from Europe after winning 11 straight races. Cunningham would eventually see his records broken by three more Kansas milers - Archie Romani, Jr., Wes Santee and Jim Ryun.
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Fran Tarkenton (b. 1940)

Fran Tarkenton, inducted in 1986 to professional football's Hall of Fame as one of the game's greatest quarterbacks, first became known as a standout high school and college quarterback in Athens. He led the Athens High School Trojans to a state championship in 1955 and the University of Georgia Bulldogs to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) title in 1959. He went on to an eighteen-year, record-setting career with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

Francis Asbury Tarkenton was born on February 3, 1940, in Richmond, Virginia. He moved to Georgia with his family when he was eleven years old. In a distinguished high school career in Athens, Tarkenton earned all-state honors in football, basketball, and baseball. In 1957 he enrolled at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, and the hometown player was named an All-SEC freshman after leading that year's Georgia freshman team to an undefeated season.

Tarkenton was an All-SEC sophomore team selection in 1958 and was an integral player in the Georgia Bulldogs' SEC championship in 1959. His potent offensive unit that year drew the nicknames "Tarkenton's Raiders" and "Tarkenton's Music Makers." He led the SEC in passing completions and set a conference record for completion percentage in 1959, earning him All-SEC quarterback honors. He also led the Bulldogs to an Orange Bowl victory over Missouri on New Year's Day, 1960.

In 1960, his senior season, Tarkenton was the captain of the Georgia squad, led the conference in total offense and in passing, and was named an All-American. He was also selected as an Academic All-American, reflecting a strong performance in the classroom to match his athletic achievements.

Tarkenton was chosen in the third round (twenty-ninth overall) of the 1961 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Foreshadowing an illustrious professional career, he threw four touchdown passes in the first game of his first season in the NFL. Tarkenton played for the Vikings until a surprising trade sent him to the New York Giants in 1967. He returned to the Vikings, again in a trade, in 1972.

Tarkenton, who wore uniform number 10, marked his career as an accurate passer and an elusive runner. He threw for more than 1,000 yards in each of his eighteen professional seasons—an NFL record.

Tarkenton reached that 1,000-yard mark in 1977 despite breaking his leg in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals and missing the last five games of that season. He led the Vikings to the Super Bowl in 1973, 1974, and 1976. He was named NFL All-Pro in 1973 and 1975 and was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection. Tarkenton was the league's Player of the Year in 1975.

When he retired after the 1978 season at the age of thirty-nine, Tarkenton held lifetime NFL records for passing attempts (6,467), passing completions (3,686), passing yards (47,003), and touchdowns (342). He also ran for 3,674 yards and 32 touchdowns on the ground. The Vikings' head coach, Bud Grant, called Tarkenton "the greatest quarterback to ever play the game." He holds passing records for the Vikings in all but two categories.

Tarkenton has remained active since his retirement from football. He lives in Atlanta, where he has had a successful business career. He has written books, including What Losing Taught Me about Winning (1997); has hosted the TV programs That's Incredible! and Monday Night Football (both in the early 1980s); and is a sought-after motivational speaker. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and the University of Georgia's Circle of Honor (the highest award a Bulldog athlete can receive) in 2001
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Fran Tarkenton (b. 1940)

Fran Tarkenton, inducted in 1986 to professional football's Hall of Fame as one of the game's greatest quarterbacks, first became known as a standout high school and college quarterback in Athens. He led the Athens High School Trojans to a state championship in 1955 and the University of Georgia Bulldogs to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) title in 1959. He went on to an eighteen-year, record-setting career with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

Francis Asbury Tarkenton was born on February 3, 1940, in Richmond, Virginia. He moved to Georgia with his family when he was eleven years old. In a distinguished high school career in Athens, Tarkenton earned all-state honors in football, basketball, and baseball. In 1957 he enrolled at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, and the hometown player was named an All-SEC freshman after leading that year's Georgia freshman team to an undefeated season.

Tarkenton was an All-SEC sophomore team selection in 1958 and was an integral player in the Georgia Bulldogs' SEC championship in 1959. His potent offensive unit that year drew the nicknames "Tarkenton's Raiders" and "Tarkenton's Music Makers." He led the SEC in passing completions and set a conference record for completion percentage in 1959, earning him All-SEC quarterback honors. He also led the Bulldogs to an Orange Bowl victory over Missouri on New Year's Day, 1960.

In 1960, his senior season, Tarkenton was the captain of the Georgia squad, led the conference in total offense and in passing, and was named an All-American. He was also selected as an Academic All-American, reflecting a strong performance in the classroom to match his athletic achievements.

Tarkenton was chosen in the third round (twenty-ninth overall) of the 1961 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Foreshadowing an illustrious professional career, he threw four touchdown passes in the first game of his first season in the NFL. Tarkenton played for the Vikings until a surprising trade sent him to the New York Giants in 1967. He returned to the Vikings, again in a trade, in 1972.

Tarkenton, who wore uniform number 10, marked his career as an accurate passer and an elusive runner. He threw for more than 1,000 yards in each of his eighteen professional seasons—an NFL record.

Tarkenton reached that 1,000-yard mark in 1977 despite breaking his leg in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals and missing the last five games of that season. He led the Vikings to the Super Bowl in 1973, 1974, and 1976. He was named NFL All-Pro in 1973 and 1975 and was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection. Tarkenton was the league's Player of the Year in 1975.

When he retired after the 1978 season at the age of thirty-nine, Tarkenton held lifetime NFL records for passing attempts (6,467), passing completions (3,686), passing yards (47,003), and touchdowns (342). He also ran for 3,674 yards and 32 touchdowns on the ground. The Vikings' head coach, Bud Grant, called Tarkenton "the greatest quarterback to ever play the game." He holds passing records for the Vikings in all but two categories.

Tarkenton has remained active since his retirement from football. He lives in Atlanta, where he has had a successful business career. He has written books, including What Losing Taught Me about Winning (1997); has hosted the TV programs That's Incredible! and Monday Night Football (both in the early 1980s); and is a sought-after motivational speaker. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and the University of Georgia's Circle of Honor (the highest award a Bulldog athlete can receive) in 2001
As great a football player as Tarkenton was he has been equally great
as a businessman. He has been involved in many business ventures since
he retired from the NFL and has been a big success in most of them, amassing
a personal fortune of about 75 million dollars the last time I checked.
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I saw NR once as a Met.Twice as an Astro.And the final time with Rangers.SCARY fast and always just a little bit wild he could intimidate any batter!Opposing hitters often heard Ryan's"chin music" before hitting the dirt when an offering came in high and tight!However his field presence was so commanding,few had the nerve to travel the 60'6'' required to visit his office!He was only charged maybe 3 or 4 times in his long career! When Nolan saw the post game video of groid Dave Winfeid's wild haymaker just miss his noggin, he vowed that no one will get a free shot on him ever again,and it was about ten years later that Robin Ventura took him on and opened up with a big can of "Nolan's country style nuggies"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DDGRfUjVjM
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Mammals & Events: John "Red" Pollard (1909-1981)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabisc...m_pollard.html
John Pollard was born in 1909 and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, in the western reaches of the Canadian wilderness. The second of seven children born to a bankrupt Irish brick manufacturer, Johnny -- as he was known to his family -- grew up in a boisterous home. He was passionate about athletics -- particularly boxing -- and so fond of literature and poetry that he was known to challenge his sister Edie over who was better at memorizing literary passages. But his greatest pleasure by far came from his horse, Forest Dawn. To help his family make ends meet, Johnny took to delivering groceries with his tobaggan hitched to the little horse. By the time he was in his early teens, he had decided that he wanted to be a jockey.

Wandering
When he was fifteen, Pollard left home in the care of a guardian and went off to pursue his dream. Within a year, the guardian had abandoned him at a makeshift racecourse in Butte, Montana, and the boy was on his own. He spent the next couple of years wandering around the country's lowliest racetracks, trying to talk his way into a saddle. He was tall for a jockey -- about five feet seven inches in his stocking feet -- and though he managed to ride often enough, he never won a single race. Eventually, he began moonlighting as a boxer, using the ring name "Cougar." But most people knew him as "Red," a nickname he earned for his shock of flame-colored hair.

Books as Companions
Horse racing is a seasonal sport, and Pollard was always on the move, traveling to Canada in the summer, California in the fall and spring, and then to Tijuana in the winter. His only constant companions were his books -- well-worn leather pocket volumes of Shakespeare, Robert Service's Songs of the Sourdough, and a Ralph Waldo Emerson collection. He barely earned money enough to eat, and spent most nights sleeping in horse stalls, but according to his sister Edie, Pollard was "happy as heck."

Troubled Horses
In 1927 Pollard was sold -- young jockeys were considered property -- to a horseman named Freddie Johnson, who handed him over to his trainer, Russ McGirr. Although Red was still losing far more often than he won, McGirr discovered a rare talent in the boy that would help carry him into racing history. After years of riding the worst mounts on the worst tracks in the racing circuit, Pollard had come to understand troubled horses. He was kind to them, avoiding the whip, and his mounts often responded to his gentleness by running hard.

Partially Blind
Despite that gift, however, Red continued to have only a middling career. Some of his failures were doubtless the result of an accident he had had sometime early in his career. While exercising a horse around a crowded track one morning, he had been hit in the head by something kicked up by another horse's hooves. The blow damaged the part of his brain that controlled vision, permanently blinding him in the right eye. "Without bifocal vision," explains author Laura Hillenbrand, "you don't have depth perception. So he couldn't tell how far ahead of him horses were. He couldn't tell how close he was cutting it. But he knew no fear. He rode right into the pack with one eye." For the rest of his life, Pollard kept his blindness a secret, knowing that if track officials found out, they would never let him ride.

Lucky Day
By the summer of 1936, twelve years of bad luck and failure had begun to take their toll. Like many Depression-era unfortunates, Pollard was broke and homeless. That August, he was heading north with his agent -- a squat, hare-lipped man named Yummy -- when a freak car accident left them stranded outside of Detroit, with nothing but twenty cents and a half-pint of a cheap whisky they called "bow-wow wine." The two men hitchhiked to the Detroit Fair Grounds, where Pollard bumped into Tom Smith, Seabiscuit's trainer. As it happened, Smith was looking for a jockey. When introduced to the tempermental, often unruly horse, Pollard offered a sugar cube. Seabiscuit touched the jockey's shoulder in a rare gesture of affection. As Smith saw it, Seabiscuit had chosen his jockey. It might have been the luckiest day of Pollard's life.

Plagued by Injuries
For a time, Pollard and Seabiscuit lit up the racing circuit, capturing win after win in races across the country. But the injuries that plagued Red throughout his career unseated him from the celebrated thoroughbred more than once. In February 1938, he was almost crushed to death in a horse pile-up at the San Carlos Handicap. It took months to recover. No sooner was he back in the saddle than an inexperienced horse spooked during a workout and crashed into a barn, nearly shearing off Pollard's leg below the knee. The broken leg wouldn't heal properly and would keep him from riding Seabiscuit in the famous one-on-one match-up against War Admiral on November 1, 1938.

Hopelessly in Love
While Pollard recuperated at Boston's Winthrop Hospital, wondering if he would ever race again, he fell in love with his private nurse, a refined Boston native named Agnes Conlon. The restless jockey and the prim, well-heeled nurse were an undeniably odd match, but they were also hopelessly in love. When Pollard asked Agnes to marry him, she defied her family's wishes and said "yes." They would have two children and live together for over forty years.

The Greatest Ride
The highlight of Pollard's racing career came in 1940, when he rode Seabiscuit to victory in the race that had twice eluded the horse, the Santa Anita Handicap. "I got a great ride," Pollard said afterwards. "The greatest ride I ever got from the greatest horse that ever lived." Seabiscuit was retired almost immediately after the race, and Pollard soon did the same. But he couldn't stay away from the jockey's life for long. He soon returned to the racing circuit, and was twice hospitalized after terrible accidents -- he broke a hip in one spill and his back in another. After Seabiscuit, the jockey never had much success, falling back to the bush leagues of racing from which he had emerged.

Retirement
Finally, in 1955, at the age of 46, Pollard hung up his silks and retired for good. For a time, he worked sorting mail at the track post office, and then as a valet, cleaning boots for another generation of riders. He died in 1981, but what exactly killed him was unclear. According to his daughter Norah, "he had just worn out his body." Agnes, sick with cancer, died two weeks later.
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Hagan was Kentucky born and almost godlike to many. He is also one of my dad's all time favorites. Hagan was an All-American in 1952 and 1954. He helped lead Kentucky to the 1951 championship. Due to a scandal, Kentucky could not play in the 1953 playoffs. That year, Hagan led Kentucky to a 25-0 record while beating opponents by over 30 points a game.

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Upon graduation, Hagan, like Ramsey before him, was drafted by the Celtics. Unlike Ramsey, however, Hagan served in the military for two years after being drafted (Ramsey had served in the military for one year after his rookie season). In both of his years in the military (1954 and 1955), Hagan, stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, won Worldwide Air Force basketball championships. After his military service, Hagan and Ed Macauley were traded to the St. Louis Hawks for the draft rights to Bill Russell. In 1958, his second season in the NBA, the Hawks, led by Hagan and Bob Pettit, won the NBA championship (one of the five Western Conference titles the Hawks won during his tenure with them), defeating, , the Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Hagan was named to play in five consecutive NBA All-Star Games from 1958 to 1962 (an injury forced him to miss the 1958 classic). In his 10 NBA seasons, Hagan played 745 games and scored 13,447 points for an 18.0 average.

In 1967, the Dallas Chaparrals of the newly-formed ABA hired Hagan as a player-coach. He scored 40 points in his team’s very first game. He also played in the very first ABA All-Star Game that season, becoming the first player to play in All-Star Games in both the NBA and ABA. He retired as a player after playing three games during the 1969-1970 season and remained as Chaparral coach until midway into the season. Hagan played in 94 ABA games and scored 1423 points for a 15.1 average. Hagan was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, the first ex-University of Kentucky player to be so honored.




 
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Maybe the second best fullback of all time, Csonka was known as the "Human Bulldozer". Most backs run around the defense. Not Csonka. He loved to run into them and knock them out. When asked recently during an interview on how today's players show off on almost every other play, Larry said this, "If a guy would have danced over me after a tackle, I would have puched him in the balls."

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Maybe the greatest passer and pointguard in NBA history. Many records are owned by Stockton. He played the game with class and like a man. A very unselfish player, leader and teammate.


Awards Selected as one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History"
Two-time All-NBA First Team selection
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Three-time All-NBA Third Team selection
Five-time NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection
Ten-time NBA All-Star selection
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Standing 6'1", Stockton is considered to be one of the NBA's greatest point guards. He averaged a career double-double, with 13.1 points and 10.5 assists per game. He holds the NBA's records for career assists (15,806) by a relatively large margin and career steals (3,265). He had five of the top six assists seasons in NBA history (the other belonging to Isiah Thomas). He holds the NBA record for the most seasons and consecutive games played with one team, and is third in total games played, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish. He missed only 22 games during his career, 18 of them in one season. As a point of comparison, he played in 34 games where he tallied 20 or more assists.


 
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Born: March 6, 1900
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Final game
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Pitching Record 300-141
Earned run average 3.06
Strikeouts 2266
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World Series champion: 1929, 1930
American League pennant: 1931
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American League ERA champion: 1926, 1929-1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939
American League strikeout champion: 1925-1931
American League wins champion: 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933
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Umm, that guys an actor not an athlete.
 
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Umm, that guys an actor not an athlete.
Sure he is. Wrestling is fake. But they are athletes. They get hurt a lot and it takes hours and months of training. Unlike other sports, they have no off season.
 
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Sure he is. Wrestling is fake. But they are athletes. They get hurt a lot and it takes hours and months of training. Unlike other sports, they have no off season.
You are correct, wrestling is fake. For the simple reason that the outcome is determined beforehand. Guys in sequined suits, with platinum blond dyed hair, reading from a script is surely fako.

Now the question is...are they athletes? Yes, they can jump from the top rope and do a double somersault and then "crash" into the opponents chest sending him careening across the ring. Yes, they can smash a chair over the head of a unsuspecting tag team martial artist. Yes, they have As The World turns-like soaps with ex-hookers draped in the american flag. But can they throw a 95 mile per hour fastball? Can they knock a guy out with one punch and go 49 and 0? Can they race cars or run a sub four minute mile or throw a perfect touchdown pass or any of the other myriad of things White athletes do? Of course they can't because pro wrestlers are faggots and everybody knows it.

Sorry pal but most pro wrestlers are hopped up on steroids, bi-sexual freaks.
 
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You are correct, wrestling is fake. For the simple reason that the outcome is determined beforehand. Guys in sequined suits, with platinum blond dyed hair, reading from a script is surely fako.

Now the question is...are they athletes? Yes, they can jump from the top rope and do a double somersault and then "crash" into the opponents chest sending him careening across the ring. Yes, they can smash a chair over the head of a unsuspecting tag team martial artist. Yes, they have As The World turns-like soaps with ex-hookers draped in the american flag. But can they throw a 95 mile per hour fastball? Can they knock a guy out with one punch and go 49 and 0? Can they race cars or run a sub four minute mile or throw a perfect touchdown pass or any of the other myriad of things White athletes do? Of course they can't because pro wrestlers are faggots and everybody knows it.

Sorry pal but most pro wrestlers are hopped up on steroids, bi-sexual freaks.


Actually, most were ex-sports stars in other sports. Many were All-Americans in football, baseball or hockey. So yes, they can play TRUE sports. As for being gay, the one posted here has been married for over 30 years. How do you know so many are gay? That is the question. Another decent thread on VNN hit with troll talk.
 
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Come playoff time, he was almost unhuman.


Position Forward/Center
Height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight 243 lb (110 kg)
Nationality USA
Born December 19, 1957 (1957-12-19) (age 49)
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Career statistics
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