Word: dillard
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harrison ("Bones") Dillard, world-record hurdler and Olympic-champion sprinter, who has reaped reams of publicity on the track, took off his spikes and put on another pair of shoes: he set to work grinding out publicity for the Cleveland Indians baseball team...
FRANKLIN E. DILLARD...
...first trial hear, McCormick raw a chose second to flashy Harrison Dillard, who set a new BAA and Boston record by winning, the finals in 5.5 seconds. McCormick again showed up will in the semi-finals and took sixth place in the pay-off trip...
Third Down. For the 100-meter dash, the crowd's favorite event, Mel Patton ("the world's fastest human") wore a pair of brand-new spikes; his old shoes had gotten wet and fallen apart. Patton got off to a slow start, along with Dillard, who was hoping to qualify in two events (dash and hurdles). Ancient (30), competition-wise Barney Ewell, a Negro foundry-worker and a father, whom nobody had given much of a chance to win, made a flying start, pumped furiously with knees high for the first 60 yards, then relaxed...
After this astonishing upset, Barney slouched toward the pyramid in a dirty sweat suit. Not until he stepped down from the perch did the old Penn State star come to life. Then he danced a jig and sang: "Piccadilly Alley, here I come . . . La, la, la, la ... Come on, Dillard, let's take a shower. We're going to London...