Podcasts by Track and Field History with Jesse Squire

A Lasting Message Of Hope: Terry Fox's Run Across Canada, 40 Years Later from 2020-07-29T15:18:24

Like many of you, I try to keep myself in shape by working out through running. I often need some sort of goal in my future to keep myself honest on following my workouts. Usually, that's a race...

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Detroit's Unfulfilled Olympic Dreams from 2020-07-21T17:02:21

Quick question: Which city has the record for most Olympic bids without winning or hosting? The answer is Detroit.

Detroit is now a cautionary tale of a city built on a single industry an...

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Don't Forget Earlene Brown from 2020-07-09T17:31:10

We're going to take a look at one of America's greatest and most forgotten competitors – Earlene Brown. She is the greatest American women's thrower of the 20th century.

Four years ago, M...

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Revisiting The Amazing Dr. Meriwether from 2020-06-08T17:11:23

It feels a bit uncomfortable for me to be blathering on about sports history with all that is going on in this nation right now. But no less a man than Pope John Paul II said “the dignity of the...

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Ron Hill's Legacy Is Everywhere from 2020-05-19T18:23:30

If you run, jump or throw, it’s likely you have worn something that Ron Hill Sports has helped pioneer. This episode takes a look at Ron Hill, who is maybe best known as a marathon world record ...

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Jim Peters Deserves More Credit from 2020-05-11T16:50:38

I want to discuss a man who is largely not remembered a whole lot and certainly, many of today's younger runners probably haven't heard of him. He was an extremely important person in the histor...

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One of The Most-Watched Sprint Races: Conrad vs. Kaplan Revisited from 2020-05-01T19:11:51

Let me tell you about one of the most-watched sprint races in history – at least in American history to an American audience. Sportswriter Bill Simmons Listen

The Top 10 Greatest Canadian Track and Field Athletes Since World War II from 2020-04-23T14:56:43

Just about two weeks ago, the wonderful show "Schitt's Creek" came to an end after six seasons. The plot seems very topical because people who had lots, suddenly have nothing due to circumstance...

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When College Track and Field Had Much Less Money from 2020-04-16T19:29:07

One of the things that I find very useful for history – especially while looking at track and field history – is looking at the past and allowing it to educate us on how we got to where we are n...

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The Influence of Don Canham from 2020-04-13T17:24:07

This week I talk about the influence of Don Canham. He was an NCAA champion high jumper for the University of Michigan, then the Wolverine head track coach for two decades, and then the athletic...

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Joan Benoit Samuelson: The Greatest American Distance Runner of All-Time from 2020-04-09T15:16:41

This week, LetsRun.com released a bracket of 64 runners to determine the greatest American distance runner of all-time. It had 32 men's nominees and 32 women's nominees. They'll play it out over...

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One of the Sport's Greatest Rivalries: Marty Liquori vs. Jim Ryun from 2020-04-06T14:08:53

Episode 2 of the Track & Field History podcast takes a look at one of the great individual rivalries not only in track & field but in all of sports: Jim Ryun vs Marty Liquori. All nine o...

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Why Jim Bush Was The Greatest College Coach of All-Time from 2020-04-01T15:57:01

"The things that he did for track and field are just too much to put into words. Besides building one of the best track facilities in the entire country – it still is one of the best track f...

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