Wilbur Ross dead at 80 — every boomer hurdler’s Moses
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Wilbur Ross showed me the promised land. His late 1960s text, “The Hurdler’s Bible,” used the greats of his day to show me how to hurdle. Last Friday, he died at age 80, and a little darkness fell over his generation of timber toppers. Coach Ross didn’t do masters (that I know of), but if you came of age four decades ago, he was your saint. You M50s and M60s know what I mean. I posted a reminiscence on the Track & Field News message board. Keep your lean in Heaven, Coach.
