I understand that Rodney Dangerfield was a terrible high school miler and that John Belushi (who demonstrated great form during the food fight scene in Animal House) was some kind of thrower.
- MF Mike Fanelli "your San Francisco Bay Area real estate resource" Pacific Union Real Estate Group Ltd. (415) 447 - 6254 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.SFabode.com www.MarinHouseHunting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Shawn Devereaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:24 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Famous people who have run track? > Patrick Swayze was a pole vaulter at Houston Scarborough HS. > Garth Brooks threw the javelin for Oklahoma State. > Axl Rose, of all people, was a sprinter at some Indiana HS. > Shaquile O'Neal long ran track, at least as a freshman, at San Antonio > Cole HS. No idea what events though. > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Didn't a certain former U.S. President run NCAA cross country > > in his college days? > > > > By the way, on the topic of presidential track athletes, > > I visited the Nixon Presidential Library last week for the first > > time, and one of their displays said that "RN" competed in both > > football and track at Whittier Union High School, but by his > > senior year he was spending all of his time with the debate team. > > It's hard to visualize 'tricky Dick' throwing a jav or blazing > > over hurdles! He did have the upraised arms in "v for victory" mode > > down pat though! > > Of course thinking back 30 years, it's sometimes difficult to > > separate the Dan Akroyd caricature-Nixon from the real Nixon :-) > > [for you young whippersnappers, Dan Akroyd did to Nixon pretty > > much the same thing that Dana Carvey has done to recent Prez's] > > The Nixon library had a HS picture of Nixon in football uniform, > > but no track pictures on display. I think he graduated from HS in > > 1930, Whittier College in '34 (after turning down a Harvard > > scholarship), and Duke Law School in '37. > > > > RT > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
