Image / Shot putter Parry O'Brien

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Title: Shot putter Parry O'Brien
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1951
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989
Instead of facing the field, shot putter Parry O'Brien turned to face the back of the circle. Pivoting his weight, he turned 180 degrees and used momentum to heave the shot. With his nimble footwork and brute strength, the Santa Monica High and USC grad became the first man to throw over 60 feet. He also broke the world record 16 times and won two Olympic gold medals (1952, 1956). Photo dated: March 21, 1951.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00048845
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box O'Brien, Parry.
CARL0000052913
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/17343
Subject: O'Brien, Parry
Shot-putters
Shot putting
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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