This Day in Track & Field History, April 10, Tom Burke, after winning the 400m, wins 100m in Athens (1896), written and compiled by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–April 10 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 […]