!920 Antwerp Games/ Paavo Nurmi- 1920-1924-1928 Olympic Running Legend
At The 1920 Antwerp Games, 23 year old Paavo Nurmi, one of the Flying Finns began his great Olympic career with 3 gold medals [he would end up with 9 […]
Category Archives: Olympics
1912 Stockholm Games- George S. Patton
The man who is arguably the greatest general in United States history- George S. Patton was a competitor in the Modern Pentathlon at the Stockholm Games. Patton was 26 […]
1912 Stockholm Olympics / Avery Brundage
One of the American teammates and a competitor against Jim Thorpe in the Pentathlon and the Decathlon was Avery Brundage. Avery Brundage finished 6th in the Pantathlon and 16th […]
1916 Berlin Olympic Games- Games of the VI Olympiad.—Cancelled
Berlin was chosen to host the 1916 Olympic Games winning over Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest, and Cleveland. The Berlin Games were not to be in 1916. Due to a […]
1912 Stockholm Olympic Games- Olympic Legend- Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe was arguable the greatest athelte in American history. He played professional football and major league baseball but is probably most famous for what he did in the 1912 Stockholm […]
1920 Olymipc Games – Antwerp, Belgium
1920 saw a return of the Games after World War I. The games were selected in 1916 to be held in Berlin, Germany, but with the Germans being the aggressors, […]
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