This Day in Track & Field, March 17, Marshall Brooks becomes first man over 1.83m/6 feet (1876), Sergey Bubka breaks his own WR 0f 5.97m (1987), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–March 17—Happy St.Patrick’s Day 1876–Oxford University’s Marshall Brooks became the first man to clear 6-feet (1.83m) in the High Jump. Brooks would raise his record to 6-2 ½ (1.89) 3 weeks later. Brooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brooks History of the High Jump: http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/jumps/high-jump 1925—The seemingly unbeatable Paavo Nurmi fell victim […]