Question? How long will it take for Jon Entine to jump in this thread to pimp his book?
It's a fair statistical question I might add. malmo >a private poster asked me: > ><<I guess I'm chicken to post something like this to the t-and-f list, but I'm probably not the only one who's wondering. > >When was the last time a white man made it to the USATF/TAC/AAU/Olympic >Trials 100m final? I'm guessing late 1970's.>> > >Except to those of the most politically-correct bent, I think that's a fair statistical question. > >I believe the answer would be, coincidentally, the same answer as to "when was the last time a white guy won?" Christer Garpenborg of Sweden (and UTEP) won in '76, when a lot of the big names were saving it for the OT; last American to make final was Mark Lutz of Kansas (5th) in '74. Last white American to win was Bobby Morrow in '58. > > >
