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Old 08-25-2020, 09:02 PM
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Some more on for this thread.

Richmond 'Boo' Morcom - competed in pole vault at the 1948 Olympics. He attended the University of New Hampshire. This snapshot was taken at the AAU Championships in Milwaukee in 1948.

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Fay Moulton - won a bronze medal at the 1904 Olympics. He competed on the track team while attending Yale Law School. Photo from 1903.

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Frank Mount Pleasant - competed in the long and triple jump at the 1908 games. He attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School. He was quarterback on the football team with Jim Thorpe. He later played semi pro football with the Buffalo All Stars.

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Arlie Mucks - competed in the discus at the 1912 Olympics. He attended Wisconsin and is in their Hall of Fame. He was an All American football player in 1914.

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Oscar Ostoff - won gold and silver medals in weightlifting at the 1904 Olympics. Attended Marquette and Wisconsin. He was better known for his swimming and football skills. This is a real photo post card showing him as the head football coach at Washington State University.

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Winthrop 'Ding' Palmer - won a silver medal in ice hockey at the 1932 Olympics. He also won gold and silver medals at the World Championships. He attended Yale. In 1927-28 he scored 41 goals including 7 in one game for them. Photo shows him in 1929 at Yale.

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Amisoli Patasoni - Competed at the 1920 Olympics. He attended Haskell Institute. When the Smithsonian had an exhibit on Native Americans in the Olympics he was not even included on the list. They also missed several others.

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Clarence 'Bud' Pinkston - Competed in diving. Won a gold and silver in 1920 and 2 bronzes in 1924. Attended Stanford. He married fellow diver Betty Becker, winner of a gold and silver in 1924. He coached her to a gold in 1928 which she won on the second birthday of their twins.

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Horace Ramey - competed in track at the 1908 Olympics. Attended the University of Michigan.

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Alma Richards - Won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1912 Olympics. He graduated from BYU. Later attended Cornell, Stanford and USC Law School. Photo shows him circa 1914 at the AAU Championships in a Cornell jersey. The person beside him is fellow 1912 Olympian Avery Brundage. Brundage competed in the discus, pentathlon and decathlon. He also competed in literature in 1932 and 1936. He would become president of the American Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee. He is wearing the jersey of the Chicago Athletic Association.

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