olympic athlete

26-Oct-68

Image of Olympic Sprint Champion Jim Hines receiving a key to the city from Oakland Mayor John Reading. Hines stands center wearing a suit and tie and two medallions around his neck. Mayor...

23-Mar-92

Photograph of figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi. She is wearing a dark beaded low-cut costume, with a very short ruffled skirt and short ruffled sleeves, and white skates. Her arms are extended out...

Aug-52

Tribune caption on the back, Aug. 1, 1952: "The Americans who won top honors in the decathlon stand on the podium in Helsinki. They are (left to right) Milton Campbell, Bob Mathias and Floyd...

UPI
23-Jun-84

Typed at the top- "U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, hcp062304- 6/23/84- Los Angeles: Louise Ritter clears the bar at 6-3 1/2 to finish first in the women's high jump during the U.S. Olympic...

c. 1955

Clipping on the back, June 4, 1968-- "Mack drum-beater went on to greater things." Jul. 25, 1992-- "Bill Russell was more than a basketball warrior who won Olympic gold in 1956. He was a one-...

13-Mar-63

Handwritten in pen on the back, "McClymonds James Hines." Clipping from Tribune, Jan. 30, 1964-- "James Hines." Photo is a portrait of Hines wearing a MCClymonds sweater.

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8-Feb-67

Clipping from Tribune, Mar. 3, 1967-- "Jim Hines. Home for a big race." Jan. 21, 1969-- "Olympic Gold Medal Winner Jim Hines. He'll take victory lap at Athens meet Friday night." Dec. 29, 1967...

Jul-84

Typed at the bottom: "Olympics- Moses/Litsky- NYT Pictures/ Keith Meyers, Undated: For 8 years the world-record holder, with no on else close, Edwin Moses puts a 102-race streak in the 400-meter...

29-Mar-92

Handwritten in pen on the back, "Kristi Yamaguchi holds flowers on victory stand after being awarded gold medal in World Championship of Ice Skating." Clipping from Tribune, Mar. 30, 1992-- "...

26-Sep-88

Typed at the bottom: "(OLY220) Seoul, Sept. 26-- Repeat Gold in Long Jump-- Carl Lewis of the United States leaps for a gold medal in the long jump with his fourth jump of 28' 7 1/4" during...

26-Sep-88

Typed at the bottom: "(OLY220) Seoul, Sept. 26-- Repeat Gold in Long Jump-- Carl Lewis of the United States leaps for a gold medal in the long jump with his fourth jump of 28' 7 1/4" during...

1-Sep-60

Typed at the bottom: "(NY18- Sept. 1) Leader-- Wilma Rudolph of Clarksville, Tenn., led all preliminary qualifiers in the women's 100-meter dsh at the Olympic Games inRome today. She won her...

9-Aug-84

Typed at the bottom: "(OLY 298) Los angeles, Aug. 9-- Thompson Wins Decathlon-- Daley Thompson of Great Britain prepares to throw his javelin during one of the events of the decathlon competition...

24-May-80

Typed at the top- "Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 24-- MAY BE HIS LAST-- Frank Shorter, an Olympic gold medalist in 1972, ran in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial Sautrday morning. The 26.2...

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