Word: halberg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after his 17th birthday, New Zealander Murray Halberg learned a hard fact of life. He was playing a game of Rugby football for Avondale College when he was brought to earth with a hard-driving tackle. Halberg had a hard time getting back on his feet. His left side was paralyzed, his left arm useless. Halberg, a natural lefthander, had to learn to do everything all over again with his right. An enthusiastic runner, he was told he might never run again. Halberg did not believe the doctors. As soon as he was up and about, he began...
...record. Why not up to the mile?" Whitfield even figured he had a good chance to become the first man ever to run the four-minute mile: "Why not? I can run as fast as anybody else, and I feel that both my physical and mental conditioning are perfect." Halberg was modestly and remarkably uninterested in the four-minute mile: "I don't care one way or the other. I certainly won't strain myself to do it." In short, Halberg was just interested in winning...