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Brother Buzz

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7. I believe Oliver Harmon Jones learned in college

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:37 PM

Mar 2018

Oliver Harmon "Spearchucker" Jones went to college for football, but he did track in the spring to keep in shape. College agreed with him and he stuck around to earn his doctors degree......then like a lot of us back in the day, he got drafted.

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How do we develop javelin throwers? [View all] underpants Mar 2018 OP

Just watch "Revenge of the Nerds". I couldn't resist. tonyt53 Mar 2018 #1

None of us will truly be free Bob Loblaw Mar 2018 #3

...as opposed to the ever-decreasing pool of javelin catchers? SeattleVet Mar 2018 #2

Washed out quarterbacks? NT Bleacher Creature Mar 2018 #4

It could actually be something like that underpants Mar 2018 #11

If the women's 4x400 is being run at the same time, pangaia Mar 2018 #5

The only way to stop a bad guy with a javelin..... Onyrleft Mar 2018 #6

I believe Oliver Harmon Jones learned in college Brother Buzz Mar 2018 #7

We still had them in the 70's. bluedigger Mar 2018 #8

We Didn't ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #9

I don't think we had the hammer throw. bluedigger Mar 2018 #10

My Cousin. . . ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #13

We had pole vaulting too underpants Mar 2018 #12

Funny Pole Vault Story ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #14

Our high school had pole vault. rsdsharp Mar 2018 #15

Seems fairly simple to organise safely muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #16

Javelin is very common up in Northeast. I threw it in high school. chelsea0011 Mar 2018 #17

Really? I didn't know that underpants Mar 2018 #18