08-10-2026, 08:10 AM
Outside Topic Freaks
08-10-2026, 02:01 PM
Did you hear the one about the 17 year old Stanford freshman who was such a freak that he won the Olympic decathlon twice (as a 17-year-old and a 21-year-old) and finished first in five of the ten events? And was 11-0 in career decathlons?
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And famously barely knew the rules having only learned about the decathlon several months before the Olympic trials from his high school coach.
M almost fouled out at shot-put in his first Olympics due to leaving through the front of the ring, a restriction he didn’t know existed.
M almost fouled out at shot-put in his first Olympics due to leaving through the front of the ring, a restriction he didn’t know existed.
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.
And famously barely knew the rules having only learned about the decathlon several months before the Olympic trials from his high school coach.
M almost fouled out at shot-put in his first Olympics due to leaving through the front of the ring, a restriction he didn’t know existed.
M almost fouled out at shot-put in his first Olympics due to leaving through the front of the ring, a restriction he didn’t know existed.
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.
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