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Author:  tommy [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Jesse Owens
--3 world records (and tied another) within the span of 45 minutes in 1935

--4 gold medals at the '36 Olympics

My son is the only white kid in his grade, but did a decent Jesse Owens project for Black History month. Had an interesting life which reflected the times almost perfectly.
Author:  Godfella [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
Love those old news reel films of him competing. The guy looked like he could fly. Very talented and gifted athlete for sure. I think Hitler refused to meet him after the competition?

Anyway, on a lighter note - we had a guy at work who we called Jesse Owens. He moved slowly and poked through the entire shift. However, after he punched that time clock at 4 pm, he looked like a Gold Medalist sprinting out that door through the parking lot to be the first one on the road. :lol:

A sincere "Attaboy" goes to little tommy, tommy. :salut:
Author:  leashyourkids [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
He couldn't run today with that hitch in his stride!
Author:  Free Ajent [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:38 pm ]
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“Run on the track like Jesse Owens/broke the record flowin, without any knowin”
Author:  leashyourkids [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:39 pm ]
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Owens was like the real life Rocky. He defeated Nazism single-handedly.
Author:  Don Tiny [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:39 pm ]
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Author:  RFDC [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:44 pm ]
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leashyourkids wrote:
He couldn't run today with that hitch in his stride!

Be lucky to compete in a middle school track event.
Author:  tommy [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:13 pm ]
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Godfella wrote:
Love those old news reel films of him competing. The guy looked like he could fly. Very talented and gifted athlete for sure. I think Hitler refused to meet him after the competition?

Anyway, on a lighter note - we had a guy at work who we called Jesse Owens. He moved slowly and poked through the entire shift. However, after he punched that time clock at 4 pm, he looked like a Gold Medalist sprinting out that door through the parking lot to be the first one on the road. :lol:

A sincere "Attaboy" goes to little tommy, tommy. :salut:

He thanks you!

Yeah, you know you have made it when your name becomes a byword....
Author:  312player [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:18 pm ]
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tommy wrote:
--3 world records (and tied another) within the span of 45 minutes in 1935

--4 gold medals at the '36 Olympics

My son is the only white kid in his grade, but did a decent Jesse Owens project for Black History month. Had an interesting life which reflected the times almost perfectly.



Vanderpoel?
Author:  Regular Reader [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 4:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
I actually left class to walk over to his funeral. Just had to be near. Pretty nice guy.
Author:  pittmike [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:06 pm ]
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Rest in Power.
Author:  Burrito [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 7:05 pm ]
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Fast? Sure.

But did he have a great big cock?
Author:  SomeGuy [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 7:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
Godfella wrote:
Love those old news reel films of him competing. The guy looked like he could fly. Very talented and gifted athlete for sure. I think Hitler refused to meet him after the competition?

Anyway, on a lighter note - we had a guy at work who we called Jesse Owens. He moved slowly and poked through the entire shift. However, after he punched that time clock at 4 pm, he looked like a Gold Medalist sprinting out that door through the parking lot to be the first one on the road. :lol:

A sincere "Attaboy" goes to little tommy, tommy. :salut:


Hitler didn't really "snub" Owens in the traditional sense, he just never meet publically with him. Owens did get a nice and proper Nazi salute from Hitler when he took his moment in the honor box.

If anyone really snubbed him it was FDR.
Author:  Seacrest [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
Regular Reader wrote:
I actually left class to walk over to his funeral. Just had to be near. Pretty nice guy.



Please tell us more.
Author:  Caller Bob [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
leashyourkids wrote:
Owens was like the real life Rocky. He defeated Nazism single-handedly.

Six million Jews were killed after the '36 Olympics, so you have a real odd definition of "defeated..single-handlely"
Author:  pittmike [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:35 pm ]
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Caller Bob wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
Owens was like the real life Rocky. He defeated Nazism single-handedly.

Six million Jews were killed after the '36 Olympics, so you have a real odd definition of "defeated..single-handlely"


:lol: Yeah Leash bad take. Jesse stopped nothing.
Author:  leashyourkids [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
Rocky didn't really defeat Communism, either.
Author:  Don Tiny [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:07 pm ]
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leashyourkids wrote:
Rocky didn't really defeat Communism, either.

Not for lack of trying ... him and Bullwinkle beat Boris' & Natasha's asses nearly every episode.
Author:  RFDC [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
leashyourkids wrote:
Rocky didn't really defeat Communism, either.

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Author:  Regular Reader [ Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
SomeGuy wrote:
Godfella wrote:
Love those old news reel films of him competing. The guy looked like he could fly. Very talented and gifted athlete for sure. I think Hitler refused to meet him after the competition?

Anyway, on a lighter note - we had a guy at work who we called Jesse Owens. He moved slowly and poked through the entire shift. However, after he punched that time clock at 4 pm, he looked like a Gold Medalist sprinting out that door through the parking lot to be the first one on the road. :lol:

A sincere "Attaboy" goes to little tommy, tommy. :salut:


Hitler didn't really "snub" Owens in the traditional sense, he just never meet publically with him. Owens did get a nice and proper Nazi salute from Hitler when he took his moment in the honor box.

If anyone really snubbed him it was FDR.


Wrong, Hitler left the box and stadium when he won, especially with the 4 x100m relay which also featured Jewish runners.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:03 am ]
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Free Ajent wrote:
“Run on the track like Jesse Owens/broke the record flowin, without any knowin”

Great verse
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
leashyourkids wrote:
Rocky didn't really defeat Communism, either.

This might be the low point in this board's history. The fact that these clowns drove you to this is ridiculous.
Author:  Seacrest [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
Regular Reader wrote:
SomeGuy wrote:
Godfella wrote:
Love those old news reel films of him competing. The guy looked like he could fly. Very talented and gifted athlete for sure. I think Hitler refused to meet him after the competition?

Anyway, on a lighter note - we had a guy at work who we called Jesse Owens. He moved slowly and poked through the entire shift. However, after he punched that time clock at 4 pm, he looked like a Gold Medalist sprinting out that door through the parking lot to be the first one on the road. :lol:

A sincere "Attaboy" goes to little tommy, tommy. :salut:


Hitler didn't really "snub" Owens in the traditional sense, he just never meet publically with him. Owens did get a nice and proper Nazi salute from Hitler when he took his moment in the honor box.

If anyone really snubbed him it was FDR.


Wrong, Hitler left the box and stadium when he won, especially with the 4 x100m relay which also featured Jewish runners.


Someguy forgetting that Reader is old enough to have been in attendance that day.
Author:  JORR [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
My friend's kid is a real WOKE SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR. Other than that he's a good kid. Several years ago his dad and I drove up to his university to drink with him on his 21st birthday. On the wall of his dorm room he had a big poster of the famous photo from the '68 Olympics with John Carlos and Tommie Smith raising their gloved fists. I asked him if he knew the names of the guys in the photo. He said, "One of them is Jesse Owens."
Author:  leashyourkids [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
rogers park bryan wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
Rocky didn't really defeat Communism, either.

This might be the low point in this board's history. The fact that these clowns drove you to this is ridiculous.


You didn't let me finish.

Rocky didn't defeat Communism, either from tactics or physical advantage; Rocky defeated communism because he simply wanted it more than anything the Russians could create.
Author:  Caller Bob [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Jesse Owens
rogers park bryan wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
Rocky didn't really defeat Communism, either.

This might be the low point in this board's history. The fact that these clowns drove you to this is ridiculous.

Give it five minutes....
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