 | | 2024-08-08 07:32
From blog Atomic Redhead
On Your Mark: How an Olympic Joke Tee became an Icon
The Olympics are in full force and it always reminds me of where I was born and went to college, Eugene, Oregon, aka TrackTown USA, and a guy named Steve Prefontaine. Before the Olympic torch begins its journey to the location of the games, before the athletes arrive at the village, US track and field Olympic hopefuls must first prove themselves at Hayward Field located at my alma-mater, the University of Oregon, and on one day in 1972 a group decided to poke fun at the homegrown track star, Steve Prefontaine, fondly known as Pre, with shirts baring “Stop Pre.”
Born in Coos Bay, along Oregon’s coast, Pre had earned his reputation as a...
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