This Day in Track & Field History, April 11, 2024, Parry O’Brien, Ahmed Salah, by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
This Day in Track & Field–April 11 1914—19-year old Harry “The Horse” Liversedge, a senior at San Francisco Polytechnic H.S., threw the javelin 184-9 ½ (56.32) at Stanford to not only smash the previous High School Record but also the official American Record of 169-10 ¼ (51.77), which was set by Bruno Brodd in 1913. Less than a […]