...oooh, Rodney's coach told him to run five miles a day. Two weeks later he called his coach for more advise. "Oooohhh", he said, "coach, what do I do next, I'm 70 miles from home?"
malmo >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 >> >> >> > > > >
