Re: Curious about our Canadian
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Originally Posted by KHester
I read somewhere that He was involved in track in High School.
Gordon did either the discus or shot-put and pole-vaulted. I think he set a school record at the time in the pole-vault. He may have done others also.
Kevin
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Well remembered Kevin
I have the distinct advantage that I have just finished reading the GL biography "If You Could Read His Mind" by Maynard Collins (having lost an Ebay auction for an example I found one in almost as new condition at the reasonable price of US$26.00 (including the exhorbitant Canadian postage)) purchased from a dealer in Port Perry Ont via the fantastic online database of worldwide used book sellers kept by http://www.abebooks.com
There are still 16 more copies listed from US$ 20..00 upwards
in this fine volume Mr Collins wrote
"in his graduating year, he made the track and field team where he specialized in shot-putting and pole vaulting.Lightfoot later would claim that he could vault eleven feet and was the school champion,but his old high school books do not mention such a thing, and his old football coach claims he can't remember Lightfoot ever participating in any school sports"
BTW clasicmix there is a broadly similar thread to this one at-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1;t=003728;p=0
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