Oerter attended Sewanhaka H.S. in Floral Park, just outside of Queens (the City) and was coached by Jim Fraley - who also coached some excellent middle distance runners like Artie Dunn and John and Bob Camien. Geoff P (who used to live on Long Island and ran against Fraley-coached teams)
>From: Robert Hersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Robert Hersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Roger Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, t-and-f <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: t-and-f: University Vault Opportunity? >Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 06:57:46 -0500 > >Message text written by Roger Ruth > > Al Oerter, who was >from White Plains< > >Al Oerter was from Long Island, which is East of NYC, not White Plains, >which is in Westchester County, just North of NYC. > >White Plains has produced its fair share of fine athletes (including Larry >James and Craig Masback) but Oerter was not among them. > >Bob H (who lives on Long Island) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.