Archive for May 5, 2016

The origins of the modern javelin — by inventors Bud and Dick Held

My Hall of Fame friend Bud Held is 88, and his brother, Dick, is 90. For years, they’ve been working on a written history of the modern javelin. They were central to that history — with Bud setting world records with his invention in the 1950s and Dick taking over design and production to protect […]

May 5, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

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  Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and web-master since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Trials, the last three as a blogger and Patch correspondent. [More...]
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