In high school back in the 50's, Eugene Orowitz didn't really enjoy the academic side of things despite having an IQ higher than almost all of us in The Group. But he did discover a knack for throwing the Javelin and won the New Jersey High School State Meet with a National Record 193' 4" in 1954. That landed him a scholarship to USC despite coming in next to last in his high school class at Collingswood High School in Oaklyn NJ. (Also the Alma Mater of "The Great Bile")
When he blew his shoulder out after the first track meet of his Freshman campaign, academics couldn't keep him in school, so he drifted into Hollywood and became Michael Landon.*
*Garth Brooks was also a champion Javelin Thrower. And don't forget how Coach Groves tried to recruit Al Cantello, the world record holder in the Javelin. Coach Cantello has been coaching the distance runners at the Naval Academy since 1963, I think.
Little Joe was in Elmo's mom's graduating class from CHS.
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Of course, The final chapter on Bilé has not yet been written.
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Terry Bradshaw, Of Steeler fame, age 17, a senior at Woodlawn High in Shreveport, La., set a national schoolboy javelin record with a throw of 244' 11 3/4".
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This is, frankly, horrendous. And it's NEVER going to be fixed. But if you think John Elway and Co. can "coach this up" and make him a viable, long-term, starting QB in this league.....? Well... good luck.
Russ Francis, a Niners' TE smashed the record with a 259'9" while an Oregon school boy. A Pennsylvania kid just set national HS record.
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