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rocktivity

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2. For me, the 1984 Summer Olympics set a record for the most weird names on the US team
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 01:45 AM
Jul 2012

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Sunder Nix (Track & Field)
Nancy Hogshead (Swimming)
Karch Kiraly (Volleyball)
Rich Duwelius (Volleyball)
Rowdy Gaines (Swimming)
Roger Kingdom (Track & Field)
Pernell Whitaker (Boxing)
Meldrick Taylor (Boxing)
Chandra Cheeseborough (Track & Field)
...and a swimmer named Jeff Float!

And speaking of swimmers:




rocktivity
Alberto Juantorena bluedigger Jul 2012 #1
For me, the 1984 Summer Olympics set a record for the most weird names on the US team rocktivity Jul 2012 #2
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Track/field) RandySF Jul 2012 #3
Olga and Nadia treestar Jul 2012 #4
Daley Thompson MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #5
I had such a crush on Greg Louganis LynneSin Jul 2012 #6
Wilma Rudolph, Billy Mills, Kipchoge Keino HERVEPA Jul 2012 #7
Our HS math teacher scored in '64 pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #8
Peggy Fleming, Nadia, Bruce Jenner, HappyMe Jul 2012 #9
Sugar Ray Leonard, Katarina Witt, hifiguy Jul 2012 #10
I also had the Peggy Fleming crush Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #14
Ludmilla Tourischeva. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #11
Pocket Hercules TheMightyFavog Jul 2012 #12
John Carlos (he's also a really nice guy) Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #13
Franz Klammer Doc_Technical Jul 2012 #15
Bonnie Blair bigwillq Jul 2012 #16
Mark Spitz at Munich 1972 Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #17
Alberto Tomba aka "La Bomba" onestepforward Jul 2012 #18
While his Olympic accomplishments were before my time, Jesse Owens Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #19
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