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[ronnydeschepper]

65 jaar geleden: sluitingsceremonie van de Olympische Spelen van Rome

Het is vandaag 65 jaar geleden dat de Olympische Spelen van Rome officieel als beëindigd werden verklaard. Of dat dan ook al gepaard ging met een grote show, kan ik me niet meer herinneren, maar blijkbaar had men voor de laatste dag ook de finale van de tienkamp opgespaard en dat leverde deze prachtige foto op. Continue reading 65 jaar geleden: sluitingsceremonie van de Olympische Spelen van Rome

65 jaar geleden: sluitingsceremonie van de Olympische Spelen van Rome

[thelittleslowmoon]

He’d see a little Negro kid, and he’d just shake his head and a tear would come to his eyes, right. These are things that people don’t photograph. they don’t see all these things. But I was right at his side. You could hear little things like, “If I could just do it for him.” He didn’t know that kid a little black kid in the street. and he’d say, “If I could just do it for him” ─ kid with no shoe laces, dirty old shirt. And if there isn’t a Bob Kennedy up there nobody will do it for him. That’s the problem. Nobody will do it for that kid. Nobody will do it for the little Mexican boy. Nobody will do it for the little Negro boy. No one will have the sort of respect for the Church that he had. His tolerance was so great that I have to... I just have to cry sometimes. I hope some day that I can be as tolerant as he was.

─ Rafer Johnson

RFK Oral History Interview

Rafer Johnson with Robert Kennedy in 1968

[howardtuniverse]

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

Rafer Johnson (1934-2020)

#BHM

[newsupdated]

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic Decathlon Champion, Dies at 86 Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F.

[ladailymirror]

Jan. 22, 1959: Rams Draft Rafer Johnson

Jan. 22, 1959: Rams Draft Rafer Johnson

Keith Thursby writes: The Rams picked a real winner in the NFL annual draft.

Rafer Johnson would become world famous in 1960 by winning the gold medal in the decathlon at the Rome Olympics. He already held the world record in the event and when not competing in track was playing basketball at UCLA.

This post originally appeared on latimes.com in 2009 and is available via Archive.org.

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[ladailymirror]

Jan. 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock ‘Rugged Fisherman’

Jan. 9, 1959: Boats in Santa Monica harbor break from their moorings under high winds and Weinstock has a story. Also poems. Weinstock loved to run little poems. And Sports Illustrated holds a dinner to honor UCLA’s Rafer Johnson..

One fun item:

NEW YEARS 33 years ago — Jan. 1, 1929 — a young ensign named Edward V. Dockweiler drew the midwatch (midnight to 4 a.m.) aboard the USS Idaho, anchored…

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[therfks]

August 26, 1972: Rafer Johnson with Ethel and Christopher Kennedy at the RFK Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament.

[raiseyourmindquotes]

Fitness | The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.

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