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lie wdo uui iui veil iiiuuvvd*Perhaps the greatest all-around athlete Oak Park has produced was Harry Goelitz, who competed in *12 and 13. Goelitz, powerfully built, was a fine football tackle, but on the track he was simply a work horse. Numbered among his amazing high school marks are 0:15 4-5 in the 120-yard high hurdles, 0:25 in the 220-yard low hurdles, 120 feet in the discus, 5 feet 10 inches in the high jump, and 22 feet in the broad jump. In 1913, Oak Park was represented in the high hurdles by a* group never since even approached.There were GoeKtz, Ed Reidel andWaldo Ames, and every one of them could beat sixteen seconds. In nearly every meet the three finished in the first three places. Ames, who usually ran third to the other two, was later conference champion for three years and record holder.Goelitz only went to school three years. His last year he won thirteen points in the Stagg National Inter-scholastic track. meet for individual point honors, and he went all over the midwest to high school meets and won medals in wholesale lots. In 1917 hewas the A. A. U. national all-aroundchampion, and v he also competed onthe 1920 American Olympic team in the decathlon.
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Oak Park Oak Parker
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Fri, Apr 10, 1925
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