This Day in Track & Field, August 25, Eddie Tolan equals WR at 100m (1929), Earlene Browns sets shot put/discus AR (1956), written and compiled by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, August 25, Eddie Tolan equals WR at 100m (1929), Earlene Browns sets shot put/discus AR (1956), written and compiled by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field–August 25   1929–Eddie Tolan ran 10.4 for 100-meters in Copenhagen to equal the World Record he already shared with Charley Paddock. Tolan would win the 100 and 200 at the 1932 Olympics. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79132 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Tolan   1950—Evelyn Lawler tied the American Record of 11.7 in the 80-meter hurdles in Freeport, […]