Blogs about: 1912 Olympics
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Guiding The White Brethren
The electronic version of the Fall 2012 edition of the magazine for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is finally out. My article on Carlisle Indians who went on to coach other teams is… more →
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Stockholm Syndrome
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wrote 5 days ago: Rarely can a major city have been divested of its three major stadia in a twelve month period. Here … more →
Slowest Runner Ever - Shizo Kanakuri
wrote 1 week ago: According to wikipedia, Shizo Kanakuri disappeared while running in the marathon at the 1912 Olympic … more →
Guiding The White Brethren
wrote 7 months ago: The electronic version of the Fall 2012 edition of the magazine for the National Museum of the Ameri … more →
Girls Olympic Swim Team
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wrote 9 months ago: Girls Olympic Swim Team 1912 Mina Wylie 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Mina Wylie (on the left) competed f … more →
Marathon Runner Dies At Olympic Games In Sweden
wrote 10 months ago: Several countries were making their first appearance at an Olympics in 1912. Japan was the first Asi … more →
5 Runners Break the 1500 Meter Olympic Record in Stockholm
wrote 10 months ago: Abel Kiviat is an American runner competing in the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. H … more →
The 1912 Summer Olympic Officially Begin In Sweden
wrote 10 months ago: In May 1912 the Opening ceremonies of the 1912 Summer Olympic games took place in Stockholm, Sweden. … more →
Stockholm Celebrates Olympic Centenary
wrote 11 months ago: Stockholm celebrates the 100-year Anniversary of the 1912 Olympic Games It was known as both The Sun … more →
US Olympic Athletes Depart For 1912 Summer Games In Sweden
wrote 11 months ago: The opening ceremonies for the 1912 Olympic Games occurred in May, 1912. http://100yearsagotoday.wor … more →
Runner Breaks World Record In Olympic Trials
wrote 11 months ago: Runner Breaks World Record In Olympic Trials Abel Richard Kiviat was born in Manhattan, New York Cit … more →
Best in the World
wrote 12 months ago: Thursday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the kick off reception at the National Museum of t … more →
Jim Thorpe Celebrates Namesake
wrote 1 year ago: [ooyala code="w0djFxNDpVPKAsPDJwgZr5nlPHGmhfGH"] It was 100 years ago this month. That one of the gr … more →
1912 Pentathlon Part 2
wrote 1 year ago: Jim Thorpe won the 1500 meter run, the last event of the pentathlon, with a time of 4 minutes 44.8 s … more →
1912 Olympics Pentathlon
wrote 1 year ago: Six days before beginning the decathlon competition, Jim Thorpe won the Men’s Pentathlon (not to be … more →
100th Anniversary of 1912 Olympics
wrote 1 year ago: This year is the 100th anniversary of the 1912 Olympic Games that were held in Stockholm, Sweden. W … more →
1912 Summer Olympics Begin In Sweden
wrote 1 year ago: 1912 Summer Olympics Begin In Sweden The first attempt to emulate the ancient Olympic Games was the … more →
Sports in 1912
wrote 1 year ago: Sports were just as important a hundred years ago, as they are today. The difference is you couldn’t … more →
Stockholm Calling
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wrote 1 year ago: This morning I received an email update from Jubilee Marathon Stockholm organizers. I signed up for … more →
Book Review-Native American Son by Kate Buford
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wrote 1 year ago: From the SABR release: Buford’s ‘Native American Son’ Wins 2011 Larry Ritte … more →
