Anyone run against Rod Milburn out there?
If Rod Milburn were still alive, he’d be 55. He wasn’t into masters track, but some of his contemporaries are. And a few may still be fully engaged in the hurdling wars. Reason I ask about your contact with him is that he’s the subject of research by a 39-year-old track coach and newspaper columnist named Steve McGill. who is living proof of what I learned from a Life magazine quote in the mid-1970s: “Hurdling is good training for a writer.” (I really did see –and save — that quote!)
Steve writes on his Hurdles First Web site:
“I am currently in the preliminary stages of gathering research for a biography I am planning to write on 1972 Olympic high hurdle champion Rodney Milburn, so I am looking for as much information about him as I can find. If you ran against Milburn, ran with Milburn, are a family member of Milburn’s, or if you know of anyone who ran against him, with him, or is a family member of his, please contact me by clicking on the “Contact Me” link on the left. Any anecdotes, pictures, information, or personal insights would be very useful. Also, if you have access to any old articles or statistical information about his career (beyond the obvious stuff), that would be very useful as well. Thank you in advance to any and all of you who are willing and able to help.”
You can reach Steve at: smcgill@hurdlesfirst.com
