Other Years

After participating in three consecutive Olympics -- 1928, 1932, & 1936; Frank Wykoff went on with his life serving youth in four capacities. Wykoff was first a coach at an all boys school, next he was a teacher at a Carpinteria, California school, then he became the principal at the same school, and finally he felt a special calling to help straighten the lives of troubled youth while serving with the Los Angeles County Special Schools district.

Other Years -- Beyond the Cinder Path

1937 - Present

PHOTO ALBUMS:

Carpinteria Union Elementary School 1940 (added 4-21-04)

Dean Cromwell's Dinner for Olympic Champions 1948 (added 4-20-04)

Wykoff-Owens Clowning

Scout-O-Rama 1968

Wykoff Delights Disabled Veterans

Hall Of Fame - Frank Wykoff & Jesse Owens 1977

Louis Zamperini

Hall of Fame - Glendale Community College 2003

Socializing

Hall of Fame Award

Inductions (Frank Wykoff Inducted as Outstanding Athlete/ background)

Others Inducted 3-15-03

Olympic Tree Re-Dedication at the Campus of USC on 4-30-05
(added 6-04-05)

History of the 1936 Olympic Tree written by Jerry Papazian, USC.
Photo Gallery - Velma Dunn Ploessel - today - Silver Medallist - Diving 1936.
Photo Gallery - Plaques beneath the Olympic Oak Tree at /campus of USC
Photo Gallery - Replaced Olympic Oak
Photo Gallery - In 1936 -- Velma Dunn told High Diving is Un-Lady Like!
Photo Gallery- Wilbur Thompson - today -- winner of a Gold Medal in Shot Put 1948.
Photo Gallery - At The Podium - Coach Ron Allice - USC; Sam Nicholson - Past President, Trojan Force; Velma Dunn Ploessel - Silver Medallist-Diving 1936; Dr. Lori S. White - USC.
Photo Gallery - Parade of Champions - Roland Sink (1948 Olympics); Velma Dunn Ploessel (1936 - Diving - Silver): Ron Morris (1960 - Pole Vault - Silver); Peter Clentzos (1932 Pole Vault); Terrezene Brown (1964 - High Jump); Wilbur "Moose" Thompson (1948 Shot Put - Gold).
Photo Gallery - 1936 USC Olympians Pillar - Zamperini Plaza - USC.
Photo Gallery - Peter Clentzos - today - 1932 Olympian - Pole Vault.
Photo Gallery - Olympic Oak -- Ken Carpenter - 1936 Gold Medalist - Discus.
Photos & Letter - The Jesse Owens Oak Tree - Rhodes H. S. - Cleveland, Ohio

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

Flashback - 30 Years Later (reprint of a newspaper interview)

The Saga of Sprinting (reprint of a newspaper article)

No Starting Blocks (reprint of a newspaper article/Spain)

Troubled Youth Inspired ( Wykoff-Owens)

"We'll win 1968 Olympics" (Wykoff interviewed - Post Advocate)

Fitness (Insurance poster article)

Marathon (reprint of a newspaper interview)

Reflections (reprint of a newspaper interview)

Glendale's 10 Top Athletes

Ivory Crockett

Frank Wykoff 1909 - 1936 at http://frankwykoff.com

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