ON THIS DAY IN 1924, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “No European athlete gave American track fans a greater shock at the Olympics than did Harold Abrahams — England’s phenomenal sprinter who took the measure of Paddock, Scholz, Murchison and Bowman in the 100 meter sprint. Dubbed ‘daddy long legs’ because of his abnormally elongated […]
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