John DuPont sponsored triathletes?
TUCKERNEW
fact that the eccentric alleged murderer of Olympics-bound wrestler
Schultz, multimillionaire John DuPont, a longtime sport supporter, had at
one time sponsored a group of elite triathletes before pulling the plug on
this support. Does anyone know this story? Who were the athletes he
supported? Was it an official team? When did this occurr?
Tucker Newberry
TUCK...@aol.com
Kazez
tuck...@aol.com (TUCKERNEW) writes:
I received $1500 dollars from John DuPont for my participation in the
World's Championships held in France, 1989. Others also received that
amount.
Ruth Kazez
ex...@psu.edu
Dan Empfield
(TUCKERNEW) wrote:
> On NPR this morning (1/29) a Philadelphia-area reporter mentioned the
> fact that the eccentric alleged murderer of Olympics-bound wrestler
> Schultz, multimillionaire John DuPont, a longtime sport supporter, had at
> one time sponsored a group of elite triathletes before pulling the plug on
> this support. Does anyone know this story? Who were the athletes he
> supported? Was it an official team? When did this occurr?
Team Foxcatcher, Joy Hansen, Ken Glah, Steve Fitch, Jeff Devlin I think,
I'm not sure who else.
Ironic, the first Benevolent despot to triathlon, "J. David" Dominelli,
gets out of prison, the second, John du Pont, goes in one week later.
QRman
Jeffrey Justice
Empfield) wrote:
>> Team Foxcatcher, Joy Hansen, Ken Glah, Steve Fitch, Jeff Devlin I think,
>> I'm not sure who else.
>>
>> Ironic, the first Benevolent despot to triathlon, "J. David" Dominelli,
>> gets out of prison, the second, John du Pont, goes in one week later.
>>
>> QRman
Also Brooks Clark, the Girard twins and Kirsten Hannsen.
He donated at least $50,000 to the 1990 ITU World Championship, then had a
severe falling out with race organizers and Tri-Fed. Sometime later the
tri team was disbanded.
He was on the cover of Tri-Athlete magazine in the early 80s.
He wrote a book called Never Give Up. In it is a chapter on the man he
allegedly killed.
--
JJ
Jeffrey Justice
Oceanside, CA
SBRMJM
for triathletes a few years back.
SBR...@aol.com
Johnstog
that? I was listening to NPR this morning and they mentioned in a profile
of Dupont that he sponsored a "team Foxcatcher" for elite swimmers.
Gary
katherine williams
Yes. I was going to post something to this effect, too. Tragic, eh? My years
could be wrong, but I think about 7-8 years ago there was a group of
"Foxcatcher" triathletes -- Joy Hansen was one of them.
Katherine Williams
Bar...@mailbag.com
Jeffrey Justice
(ScottPowel) wrote:
>> On a related note, the Washington Post (1/29/96) reported that John du
>> Pont was "the father" of triathlon. Is there any way that is true?
>> Scott Powell
He claims to have held the first event called a "triathlon." It wasn't
swim, bike, run. It was in the 60s and he has inscribed momentos to prove
it. He has a few chapters in his book about Joy Hansen and Kirsten
Hannsen.
ScottPowel
bill katovsky
Foxcatcher estate in 1986. i even wrote a cover storyon him for
tri-athlete.
i even got to meet "mom." he struck me at the time as yes, charitable,
but a bit off, like an anthony perkins character in "psycho" So rich and
very sad at the same time.
i talked to duPont a year ago. he was paranoid and didn't want anything
to do with triathlon ever again.
being the vulture I am, well, if anyone wants to read the profile i
wrote a decade ago, fax me a request at 415-331-0523.
bill katovsky
Jeffrey Justice
>> being the vulture I am, well, if anyone wants to read the profile i
>> wrote a decade ago, fax me a request at 415-331-0523.<<
Yes, I'd like to see that story. That cover is now a classic.
Jeffrey Justice
1036 S. Pacific #2
Oceanside, CA 92054
TRNRT
J. DuPont sponsored Team Foxcatcher was well known in the area . In fact,
Ken Glah, Steve Fitch, Brooks Clark, Joy Hanson, Fred Kleven (pro-
biathlete) and eventually Jeff Devlin all lived in town. Quite a
collection of triathletes in the North East! Old timers will remember
numerous top-5 U.S.T.S. finishes by these folks.
Yep... the multi-sport "mecca" of the east at one time!
-Troy Jacobson
bill fallon
: Did he sponsor a triathlon team called "Foxcatcher" or something like
: that? I was listening to NPR this morning and they mentioned in a profile
: of Dupont that he sponsored a "team Foxcatcher" for elite swimmers.
Foxcatcher was indeed an elite swim club, at least through the early '80s
when I was swimming in the area. They were the envy of all most other
clubs because they had unfettered access to Dupont's indoor 50 meter pool,
one of only two in the Philadelphia area (Penn has the other). I believe
Team Foxcatcher later merged with Germantown Academy's USS swim club,
which had since passed them with several world record holders (e.g., David
Wharton in the 400 IM). As I vaguely recall Dupont had aspirations of
being (or was) a pentathlete, hence the pool. There was no discussion at
the time that the guy was a wacko.
RunnSwim
being (or was) a pentathlete, hence the pool. There was no discussion at
the time that the guy was a wacko.<<
I remember a big article in Sports Illustrated in the early 70s about
DuPont and his 50 meter pool, used at the time by the US Modern Pentathlon
team and DuPont himself, for his training in trying to make the team. It
was quite a positive story.
I wondered what happened to him. Now I know.
Amazing. The only way it would make sense would be if he were found to
have a brain tumor, or something.
-Larry