You might be thinking of Bill Rodgers, perhaps? He was on the of the great marathon runners in US History. But don't think he ever did the mile any major meets.
DD you are correct! Rodgers is who I was thinking of! Hey thanks for "JOGGING" my memory...(couldnt resist!) OFC
Correct! Alan Webb ran 3:46 back in 2007. You're up!
Btw, your son's grandfather (your dad?) Did you mean a friend's grandfather, by chance? You going to let us know who that was, by the way?
OT: Sports trivia part 2.
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My son’s maternal grandfather ran for N.C. State. Beat Ryun only once.
Vitas and his sister Rita. I was there watching them play. You should google her. She was prettier than any player I have ever seen.
Believe it was Girulitas....IIRC Hoops and QC, the death of Vitas was very tragic at a still very young age. Something involving a space heater while he slept??? OFC
Probably a name I wouldn't recognize, I guess. I've gotten to know quite a few NC State runners over the years, but not sure I've known any that ran there before 1980 (unless Rollie Geiger ran there back in the day?).
Give me the name of any former NY Yankee who also coached college baseball, and name college where he coached? OFC
You must have done a lot of research for this one. No wonder it took you so long to come up with a question. OFC
Hoops I was really looking for a school with more notoriety than that of D3 Linfield College in Oregon where BROSIUS coached. (To my knowledge thats the only school he coached before joining USA BASEBALL anyway). However you are up sir!
I am going to leave the answer of the actual YANKEE I had in mind and SCHOOL he COACHED out there just to toy w/Sky (if he hasnt already googled it,
)Go HOOPS! OFC
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BOOM SKY! YOU GOT IT! Verga was with the Condors and played w/not only one of the ABA's best but TOUGHEST son of a guns EVER in John Brisker!
Sad day when Verga was traded to Pittsburgh, as he still had a lot of basketball in him I truly believe.Carolina Cougars had a new coach who ADMITTED IN HIS OWN BOOK of not liking Verga. Tom Mesherry BURIED Verga on the bench, because of nothing more than a deep dislike for Bobby.
I was at the Cougars game when Verga started eating popcorn on the Cougars bench. If you knew what Bob had been thru, you couldnt blame him one iota for it. Yes sir no 11, and one of Duke's all-time greats. Could shoot it like Langdon,Armstrong, Redick, and all the rest....Sorry Sky- rant over, you are up buddy! OFC
Hilarious I know Sky. Supposedly there was a story Heyman once ate popcorn on the Duke bench. I cant imagine it though-Bubas would have had his butt in a sling. Art was a character!!! But gosh what a player! OFC