Word: halberg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...night was cool and windless as the runners lined up in Dublin's new Santry Stadium. Besides Elliott and Ireland's Hero Delany, the field included New Zealand Schoolteacher Murray Halberg, two other Australians: Merv Lincoln and Albert Thomas, a stubby little (5 ft. 5 in.) clerk from Sydney...
...behind with an astounding 55.5-sec. final quarter. As 20,000 fans shrieked approval, Elliott finished 12 yds. in front in an unbelievable 3:54.5, far under the 3:58 listed record of Australia's John Landy. Lincoln was second in 3:55.9, Delany third in 3:57.5, Halberg fourth in the same time. Even Thomas, finishing fifth, had a clocking of 3:58.6. Never before had five runners broken four minutes in the same race. Even rivals were awed by Elliott's achievement. Cracked Delany: "I don't know how you could beat the guy unless...
...spate of records. Californian Parry O'Brien put the shot 58 ft. 4 in., and heaved the discus 159 ft. 3 in., for New Zealand marks. Helped by a following wind, Texan Bobby Morrow ran off a world-record-tying loo-yd. dash (09.3 sec.). New Zealander Murray Halberg also contributed a local record with an impressive 4:02.2 mile ¶Proving just how far professional football had progressed as a crowd pleaser, President Jack Mara of the New York Giants calmly turned down an offer of $1,000,000 for the club that had been bought 30 years...
...start of the race, with some 31,000 fans watching Whitfield, Halberg jumped to a quick lead. Running with short, choppy strides in sharp contrast to Whitfield's flowing glide, Halberg built up a 15-yd. advantage at the end of the first quarter. He kept right on increasing the advantage through each quarter. At the end, without ever bothering to look back and without ever being pressed, Halberg short-strided across the finish line in a respectable 4:10. Whitfield was timed in 4:16.7, a full 35 yds. behind...
Whitfield. now 30, plans to keep right on running. Halberg, 20, has other plans. "I've got to put my career first," he says. "As soon as track interferes with my career, I'll drop track." Now in his second year at Auckland's Teachers' Training College, Halberg wants to be a teacher "in a primary school, where I can work with youngsters...