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Pierre de Coubertin, 1863-1937. Opening Ceremony, 1896 Olympics. Winner of the one armed weightlifting event. Alfred Hajos , winner of the gold medal in Swimming and art competitions. Alfred Kraenzlein , winner of 4 gold medals in the 1900 Olympics. Basque Pelota at 1900 games.
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Alfred Hajos, winner of the gold medal in Swimming and art competitions
Alfred Kraenzlein, winner of 4 gold medals in the 1900 Olympics
Carlisle Indian Football Team treated as Anthropological Specimens the New York Sports Pages (from Oriard, Reading Football)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/branch.html Speech by Branch Rickey for the "One Hundred Percent Wrong Club" banquet, Atlanta, Georgia, January 20, 1956. Broadcast on WERD 860 AM radio. Rickey expresses his fears about his “great experiment” in desegregating baseball—that “negros” would be unruly and start fights. (although note he he is careful to say that there would be no more antagonisms among them than whites “of this caliber”