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Gazoo

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RIP Al Oerter
« on: October 05, 2007, 10:11:04 PM »
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Re: RIP Al Oerter
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2007, 10:40:13 AM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Four-time discus gold medalist, on Monday:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/10/02/obit.oerter.ap/index.html


And a very early crush -- when I was 14 or so, I'd watch track & field on Wide World of Sports and wait for the shot put and discus guys to come on.
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