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	Charlie Paddock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The next year, Charlie Paddock was sent out to represent his country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
		Paddock became famous for his unusual finishing style, leaping towards the finish line at the end of the race.
		At the 1924 Olympics, Paddock again qualified for both the 100 and 200 m finals, but he was less successful as four years earlier; he finished 5th in the 100 m and won another silver medal in the 200 m.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlie_Paddock (634 words)

	Charlie Paddock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		Charles William Paddock (November 8, 1900-July 21, 1943) was an American (A native or inhabitant of the United States) athlete (A person trained to compete in sports) and two-fold Olympic (additional info and facts about Olympic) champion.
		The next year, Charlie Paddock was sent out to represent his country at the 1920 Summer Olympics (additional info and facts about 1920 Summer Olympics) in Antwerp (A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river).
		At the 1924 Olympics (additional info and facts about 1924 Olympics), Paddock again qualified for both the 100 and 200 m finals, but he was less successful as four years earlier; he finished 5th in the 100 m and won another silver medal in the 200 m.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/charlie_paddock.htm (400 words)

	Charlie Paddock -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
		Paddock ran for the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), from which he graduated in 1922.
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	Encyclopedia: Charlie Paddock
		Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties.
		The title "World's Fastest Human" was coined for Paddock, who held the world records for the 100-yard and 100-meter dashes through most of the 1920s.
		Paddock also won the silver medal in the 200-meter in 1920 and 1924 and he was on the U. 400-meter relay team that won the gold medal in 1924.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charlie-Paddock (3620 words)

	Vanity Fair: PRINTABLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		As Charlie Paddock stood on the field in the clear Colorado night in late October and saw all those people standing, the feelings that overwhelmed him had nothing to do with the football game he was about to play.
		Charlie Paddock, in spite of an injury that had caused him to miss much of the 2003 season, had come back at both tight end and outside linebacker.
		Like Charlie Paddock, she looked to the American flag that night, the way it flapped in the wind, and as she watched it she realized "that for every wave of that flag, everybody had shed a tear" to keep it so fierce and free.
	vanityfair.com /commentary/content/printables/050502roco02?print=true (6197 words)

	USATF - Hall of Fame
		The "World's Fastest Human" in the early 1920s, Charlie Paddock was noted for his unusual finishing style of leaping at the tape.
		But there was more to Paddock than his finish, as evidenced by his world records and his three gold medals.
		Paddock also won five National AAU sprint titles, three of them in the 220-yard dash.
	www.usatf.org /HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=127 (184 words)

	July Newsletter - Story 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		Luisita handles most of the day-to-day work with their horses (typically driving the van to the track and saddling the horse in the paddock) because Charlie has another demanding career –and a long-distance commute–as an attorney specializing in bankruptcy in San Juan, in their native Puerto Rico.
		Charlie transported his entire racing stable to New York, and by the late 1980s the couple’s training operation was based exclusively in the U.S. In 1984, they purchased Woodvale, and three years later enhanced the property with a beautiful new contemporary-style house.
		Charlie typically spends long weekends, holidays and part of the summer at their Pennsylvania farm; Luisita’s forays to Puerto Rico are more extended, but less frequent.
	www.pabred.com /Newsletters/2000_07/Story2.php (1095 words)

	News Clippings and Press Releases
		Paddock's job is four days a week, so he has a chance to enjoy the community.
		Charlie Brown is more or less on the sidelines, neither the hero nor the goat; Linus likewise has little chance to philosophize.
		The Charlie Brown Christmas and Halloween specials are viewed by millions each year, the Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a holiday soundtrack staple and the ubiquitous Charlie Brown/Snoopy/Woodstock T-shirt holds its own in the hipster wardrobe.
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		But there was more to Paddock than just a leaping finish and he held several world records in the sprints besides being an Olympic gold medalist.
		Outstanding at the University of Southern California where he was coached by Hall of Famer Dean Cromwell, Paddock won five National AAU sprint titles in the early 1920s, three of them in the 220.
		He also tied the world 100-meter dash record of 10.4 three times and was the first man to break 21 seconds for the 200.
	usatf.org /athletes/hof/paddock.asp (205 words)

	P - Alpha Index
		Wykoff, Paddock, and Borah aboard SS Roosevelt en-route to Amsterdam (1928).
		Photograph of Paddock amongst the Olympic Athletes aboard the SS Roosevelt (1928).
		Charley Paddock is mentioned in a Newspaper Photo and short article entitled: "The Two Happiest Men In the World" - Wykoff dethroned King of the Cinder path, Charlie Paddock, at the 1928 Olympic Semi-Final Trials held in Los Angeles.
	frankwykoff.com /p.htm (1636 words)

	Read about Charlie Paddock at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Charlie Paddock and learn about Charlie Paddock here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		After serving in World War I, Paddock - a native of in
		The next year, Charlie Paddock was sent out to represent his country at the
		In 1943, during World War II, both Upshur and Paddock died in a plane crash near
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Charlie_Paddock (359 words)

	Morris Kirksey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Morris Kirksey is one of four athletes to win gold medals in two Olympic sports.
		At the Antwerpen Olympics, at first Kirksey finished second in 100 m behind Charlie Paddock and six days later he anchored the 4x100 relay team to gold medal with a world record time of 42.2.
		As an Stanford University student, Kirsey won the IC4A championships in 100 yd in 1921 and repeated the Paddock's world record in 100 yd of 9.6.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morris_Kirksey (466 words)

	Charlie Paddock Tributes Wykoff
		These words were the tribute of Charles William Paddock former world's champion sprinter, to Frank Wykoff, "the Glendale greyhound" and successor to Paddock as the best in this country.
		The two great sprinters with a bevy of other athletic and motion picture world celebrities were the guests of the Verdugo Breakfast club at its weekly session beneath the sycamore this morning.
		His running that day was the most beautiful and strongest that I have ever seen, and I believe the greatest display ever given by a sprinter.
	frankwykoff.com /tribute.htm (833 words)

	SI.com - SI.com Goes to the Movies
		U.S. sprinters Charlie Paddock (Dennis Christopher) and Jackson Scholz (Brad Davis) enter a showdown with British heroes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell at the Paris Games.
		Chariots of Fire is about, foremost, manners, which once upon a time, at the remove of an ocean and a Vince Lombardi, existed, even in sports, in a place called England.
		Determined to become one also, he is wholly devout, utterly sure and humble alike, untroubled: "When I run I feel His pleasure." Abrahams and Liddell are both sprinters, pointing to the '24 Games in Paris and a showdown with the two U.S. speed merchants, Charlie Paddock and Jackson Scholz.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/2001/movies/reviews/chariots_fire (724 words)

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		Although the budget accommodated only a nine member team, Winnipeggers raised the necessary funds to send Coaffee to Antwerp, Belgium where he managed a third place finish in his heat but failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
		At the 1922 Canadian Championships, Coaffee electrified the sporting world when he ran the hundred yard dash in 9.6 seconds, broke the Canadian record and tied Charlie Paddock’s world record.
		Coaffee also won the 220 yard sprint and was considered one of the world’s fastest human beings.
	www.halloffame.mb.ca /honoured/1982/cCoaffee.htm (304 words)

	THE DANGER OF LOOKING BACK Luke 9
		In that picture, Charlie Paddock, an American runner, is leaning into the tape, winning the Gold Medal.
		The momentum that he had going forward was shifted ever so slightly; just enough, so that when he turned to look at Paddock, he was slowed down.
		It was only a glance to see where he was in relationship to Paddock; but looking away from his goal cost Schultz the race.
	myweb.cableone.net /firstpres/sermons/June1.htm (2465 words)

	webmaster@otab.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		Albert Hill (GBR) won gold in the men’s 1500m final to complete the double after earlier winning the 800m final.
		Charlie Paddock (USA) won the men’s 100m gold, he became famous for his crowd-pleasing “flying finish”.
		One of the greatest long distance runners in Olympic history, Paavo Nurmi (FIN) won his first Olympic gold in the men’s 10,000m final.
	www.otab.com /archive/single_game.sps?desc=S1920 (300 words)

	USA TODAY Latest news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		Charlie Paddock inspired the title by winning Olympic gold in the 100 meters at the 1920 Olympics in Belgium.
		He also set numerous world marks, but it was his style that made the nickname stick.
		Paddock, who raced in silk, had a trademark "jump finish" - he would take flight about 12 feet from the finish line and break the tape with his arms spread high and wide.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/century/072199.htm (360 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Newsmaker: The world's fastest man
		Lippincott's claim to being the world's fastest man lasted nine years before fellow American Charlie Paddock established a new record of 10.4 seconds on April 23, 1921 at a university track meet in California.
		Amazingly, Paddock broke four world records on the day — 100 metres, 200 metres, 300 yards and 300 metres — and equalled the world's record in the 100-yard dash.
		Like Lippincott, Paddock's record remained intact for nine years, before falling at the feet of Canadian Percy Williams.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/columns/newsmakers/fastest_man.html (1367 words)

	DigiGuide : Charlie Paddock
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	Copyright © 2000 by The Voice of Prophecy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		There's a very special image, a visual treasure, near the end of the spiritual film, Chariots of Fire, about a Christian and a Jew competing in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
		After Eric Liddell drops out, refusing to run on his Sabbath, Harold Abrahams is left to run for England in the 100-meter finals against American superstars Charlie Paddock and Jackson Sholtz.
		For years he's trained, dominated all the meets, taken all the blue ribbons for Cambridge.
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	CELLFOOD
		The Olympic games date back 2700 years, which means that seeking advantage in sport likely dates back just as far.
		The winner of the 1920 Olympic 100m dash, Charlie Paddock, drank sherry with raw eggs before the race.
		In 1960, the Danish cyclist Knut Jensen died during a road race from taking amphetamines (Voy and Deeter, 1991).
	www.balancedforhealth.com /cellpretoria.htm (3879 words)

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	WITandWISDOM™ - April 6, 2005
		Olympic champion, Charlie Paddock loved to speak to young people in high schools.
		Later a scrawny little fl boy approached him and said, "Gee, Mr.
		Paddock, I'd give anything if I could be an Olympic champion just like you."
	www.witandwisdom.org /archive/20050406.htm (537 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Paddock -- May. 05, 1924 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-05-30)
		TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Paddock -- May. 05, 1924
		Famed among many famed young men at the Drake Relays, Iowa, was Charlie Paddock of Pasadena.
		In a downpour of rain, racing against three University of Iowa freshmen, he ran 100 yards in 93/5 seconds, unofficially equalling the world's record.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,727842,00.html (100 words)

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