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Once Upon a Time in the Vest

A blog for athletes and fans of 20th century Track and Field culled from articles in sports journals of the day, original articles, book reviews, and commentaries from readers.

  • By George Brose, Roy Mason
  • Based in Canada and United States of America
  • Roughly three posts per week
  • First post on

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Aug 2022 2
Sep 2022 12
Oct 2022 6
Nov 2022 7
Dec 2022 8
Jan 2023 14
Feb 2023 11
Mar 2023 8
Apr 2023 11
May 2023 13
Jun 2023 10
Jul 2023 5
Aug 2023 22
Sep 2023 7
Oct 2023 8
Nov 2023 11
Dec 2023 6
Jan 2024 8
Feb 2024 10
Mar 2024 1
Apr 2024 8
May 2024 4
Jun 2024 7
Jul 2024 13

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

V 14 N. 50 When Track Guys Doubled and Tripled and Did Odd Jobs For a Point
Recently I received a note from Russ Reabold who creates the website Trojan Force for the U. of Southern California track team. You can find it way down below right on this page under a …
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V 14 N. 49 When Transgender Awareness Began in Sport
from L.A. Times Dec. 30, 1935The following article appeared in the June 1, 2024 issue of The New Yorker.A Forgotten Athlete, a Nazi Official, and the Origins of Sex Testing at the OlympicsIn 1936, the …
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V 14 N. 47 When Ethiopia Tried to Go to the Olympics and Europe Said No
This story appeared to day on the Historical News Network (HNN)Afraid of an Inspiring Olympics StoryHow Europe reacted when Ethiopia tried to join the famed global sporting tradition at the 1924 Paris Olympics.by Hannah BorensteinHannah …
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