This Day in Track & Field, January 15, Nurmi sets 3 WRs in one race (1925), Born this Day, Mark Carroll, by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, January 15, Nurmi sets 3 WRs in one race (1925), Born this Day, Mark Carroll, by Walt Murphy

  This Day in Track & Field–January  15   1925–Paavo Nurmi, “The Flying Finn”, returned to NY’s Madison Square Garden for the 2nd stop on his U.S. tour and came away with three more world records, although they all came within one race. After letting Ville “Willie” Ritola set the early pace, Nurmi, dubbed the Athlete […]