Interesting info about Memphis sports back in the day (Mention of a Manassas track star)
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Cris Hoyle
Jun 18, 2010, 10:28:05 AM6/18/10
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Plagued by doping scandals, track has been supplanted by other sports
in the amateur and professional pantheon. It enjoyed a brief
resurgence last weekend when Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a new world
record of 9.58 seconds in the 100 meters, beating American Tyson Gay,
who finished in a personal best 9.71. In the 1960s, however, track
meets drew big crowds in Memphis at the fairgrounds and at high
schools like Manassas, where Keltner's rival Bill Hurd, now a Memphis
eye doctor and jazz musician, was the fastest man in town. In the low
hurdles in the 1965 state meet, Hurd took first and Keltner third.
Hurd went to Notre Dame and set a world record in the 300-meter indoor
dash, a grueling, rarely run event. The two Memphis contemporaries
both set world records in track within a year of each other in 1968
and 1969.
full story is here: http://www.memphisflyer.com/GetMemphisMoving/archives/2009/08/17/this-white-boy-could-jump
in the amateur and professional pantheon. It enjoyed a brief
resurgence last weekend when Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a new world
record of 9.58 seconds in the 100 meters, beating American Tyson Gay,
who finished in a personal best 9.71. In the 1960s, however, track
meets drew big crowds in Memphis at the fairgrounds and at high
schools like Manassas, where Keltner's rival Bill Hurd, now a Memphis
eye doctor and jazz musician, was the fastest man in town. In the low
hurdles in the 1965 state meet, Hurd took first and Keltner third.
Hurd went to Notre Dame and set a world record in the 300-meter indoor
dash, a grueling, rarely run event. The two Memphis contemporaries
both set world records in track within a year of each other in 1968
and 1969.
full story is here: http://www.memphisflyer.com/GetMemphisMoving/archives/2009/08/17/this-white-boy-could-jump
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