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Walking towards the camera was Wilbur
"Moose" Thompson (1948 Shot Put - Gold -- London)
1936 USA 400 Meter Relay Team Oak Tree
Re-Dedication Ceremony
Wilbur "Moose" Thompson
When I turned to
notice that more guests were arriving, I began
clicking away on my digital camera --
 hoping
to include everyone there. However, that did
not happen as it was getting too close for the
ceremonies to begin, and I decided to save my memory
card as much as possible as Dave and I were also
planning to attend the USC vs. UCLA track meet
following the ceremony.
Photo to upper left: Right
to Left - Russ Reabold; lady seated unknown -
Re-Dedication of the 1936 Olympic Tree Ceremony -
4-30-05 - USC Campus
I was fortunate to
capture the image of Wilbur "Moose" Thompson in three
photographs without knowing who he was.
Research led me to
find out that In 1948, 27 year old Wilbur Thompson
earned an Olympic gold medal in Shot Put with
one toss and achieved the winning distance of 56
feet 2 inches -- shattering the Olympic Record of 53
feet 1 ¼ inches held by Hans Woellke, Germany.
Photo to the upper right: -- far left unknown;
looking forward, Moose Thompson (Gold Medallist 1948
Shot Put); next to him, Ron Morris (Silver Medallist
1960 - Pole Vault; facing Thompson, Roland Sink --
1948 Olympian - Mile Runner.
I
decided to include another old newspaper photograph
of both Thompson--discus; and Roland Sink -- miler
from
Tribute to Dean
Cromwell as members of the 1948 USA Olympic Team:
Coach Dean Cromwell
and Trojan Team - Olympians 1948
Herald Examiner Photograph - 8-4-62
1948 Coach Dean Cromwell -- Maker of Champions
-- pictured with five from USC including
left to right; Ronald Sink; Bob Chambers; Cromwell,
Cliff Bourland, Wilbur Thompson, and Mel Patton.
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