Also historic: NMN debuts on glossy paper.
As noted,
Randy Sturgeon gave the USATF Historical Archive Committee permission to post complete early issues of National Masters News. Today the first 28 issues of this pivotal publication appeared on
mastershistory.org. They are color, searchable PDFs. That means if your name was in the paper between the summer of 1977 and December 1980, you’ll find it. Many photos grace these issues as well. Among current stars who showed up in NMN during its infancy was
Irene Obera, who set a bunch of records in 1979 and was
named Masters Athlete of the Year. She was 45. Read
Al Sheahen’s fire-breathing reports on issues in the World Association of Veteran Athletes and
Mike Tymn’s first columns. On behalf of the USATF-funded committee (me,
Jeff Davison and
Andy Hecker), I welcome you to view these historic documents. (Easy way to search the issues: In Google, type: site:mastershistory.org “Your Name or Keyword Here”)
First 10 covers had no photos, but were packed with bold reporting and opinions.
7 Responses
Amazing stuff. I looked at the very first issue and Pay Carstenson’s name pops right out at me. He is a regular competitor here in Florida at the TCF meets in Clermont. In ’77 he was 45 yrs old throwing in Jersey and Randell’s Island. Not too long ago I had the pleasure to see him dragging all his new implements to be weighed for the first time because he just turned 80 yrs young. That’s a lot of throwing and a lot of history. Thanks for getting this up for us.
Thank you to all that were involved the past 30 plus years …. that help make NMN.
Many great stories.
You also can search mastershistory.org with our handy dandy search page:
http://www.mastershistory.org/history/search.html
Thanks for posting Ken.
Just got my September issue of “National Masters News”. Wow! The new glossy look is terrific. Randy must be smiling down.
Thanks Rob, what a kind thing to say! Quite a contrast between then and now!
Wonderful to see these early issues online. Since David didn’t save his early issues, I thought they were gone forever. I remember doing a lot of cut and paste in some of those issues before computers or printers! THANKS to all who helped with saving and archiving these old issues. A wonderful treasure to keep the early history available for those interested in those early days, the struggles and successes, and how it all got started and developed.
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