Olympics - 1948 London - Mens 100m & 200m Dash & 400m Relay - Barney Ewell Story imasportsphile

[@colonelbitter5431]

I met Mr Ewell in 1972, while running track in High School. PIAA District3 Championships 1972, Lancaster, Pa.

[@gakaface]

This is an excellent video. Great story. Thanks for posting it.

[@janmiller9658]

My dad was Barney Ewell's training partner at Penn State. My dad never beat Barney at the 60-yard dash, but Barney never beat my dad at the 50.

[@imasportsphile6247]

Jan Miller, thanks for your comment....cuz to have one of my 1400 vintage sports, comedy and music videos that I have currently posted at www.imasportsphile.com to have been viewed by sibling with a father who trained with Barney Ewell at Penn State is just awesome....as it inspires me to continue my daunting quest of posting the remaining 1900 hrs. of vintage content that I have left to post.

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and to Jan Miller.....if Barney Ewell never beat your Dad in the 50....he must have a special short range bullet!!!

[@ShoeTELEVISION]

hopefully your dad can come to Lancaster when they unveil the Barney Ewell Plaza and statue.

[@hamburg1306]

Segment from Budd Greenspan's fabulous series 'The Olympiad'.

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[@Joejoe-ns7yv]

In the 1948 Olympics Lloyd Labeach won for Panama the only two medals(bronze) ever until 2008, if not mistaken, when Saladino won a gold in the long jump...Labeach was never honored as the only one to win a medal for Panama ever again or kept his memory alive....Total three medals in all the history of the Olympic games won by Afro Panamenians.

[@KyleWallacekev]

Jamaica claims Labeach too,his 2 brothers ran for Jamaica, in fact Lloyd himself went to school in Kingston.

[@Joejoe-ns7yv]

@@KyleWallacekev that, I did not know... thanks for the info...

[@johnbwright]

In the 4 by 100 meter rely my Dad was the second leg.

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