RIP

[46zilzal]

Dick Fosbury, innovator of the "Flop," has passed at 76.I can't recall anyone who so revolutionized any sport as he did. THANKS

[46zilzal]

fellow from my high school, Ed Caurthers, finished 2nd to him at the Tokyo Olympics

[chrisl]

I remember learning that in 6th grade. With a straw landing pad.

[Inner Dirt]

I remember learning that in 6th grade. With a straw landing pad.


Me too! We had bags filled with foam, I guess my middle school had a bigger budget, or you could be a lot younger. It seems as the years have gone by sports program funding is cut. I am shocked at the money some parents shell out that cost little or nothing when I was a kid.


I would have thought Fosbury would have been a lot older. I don't recall the Tokyo Olympics I was only 3.

[46zilzal]

fellow from my high school, Ed Caurthers, finished 2nd to him at the Tokyo Olympics

Correction MEXICO CITY Olympics was where he got the silver medal