This Day in Track and Field History, April 10, 2024, Frank Hart (1880), Spiridon Louis (1896),

1880—Frank “Black Dan”  Hart won the  O’Leary Belt walking competition before a full house at Madison Square Garden, covering a record 565 miles in 142 hours. Hart was considered the premier “pedestrian” at a time when six-day walking races were all the craze. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/hart-frank-black-dan-1859 http://www.runningpast.com/frank_hart.htm NPR Story: http://www.npr.org/2014/04/03/297327865/in-the-1870s-and-80s-being-a-pedestrian-was-anything-but (Scroll Down) https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2018/07/v-8-n-48-all-kinds-of-stuff.html   1896–Greek Spiridon “Spyros” Louis, wearing shoes that […]