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An Alpha Index of Star Athletes found within the
FrankWykoff.com website. The Letter
"D" includes
athletes and others whose last name begins with the
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DALEY,
(first name??? - sprinter 1928):
1. Cartoonist
Bob Coyne -
"Pick
The Man" - features: Charley Borah;
Chester Bowman; (?) Daley; (?) French; Frank Hussey;
Roland Locke;
Al Miller; Charley Paddock; James Quinn; Folwell Scull: Jackson Scholz;
Carl Wildermuth;
and Frank Wykoff. (1928)
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DAPPER, Cliff (Hollywood Pitcher 1940's)
1. Cliff Dapper
- Hollywood Catcher
(1940) appeared in a publicity photo with Olympian,
Frank Wykoff and Dink Templeton,
former Stanford track coach.
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DAY, Robert
(Cartoonist 1930)
1. Cartoonist - Robert Day -
"On Speed"
- Robert Day compares speed of man to gazelle,
hurricanes, automobiles and
airplanes.
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DEACON, Bud
(pole vault - 1936)
.1. The
Greenway Field Day track meet in Phoenix, Arizona -- April, 1936. Newspaper
photographs include: Frank Wykoff - 100-yard dash; Roy
Staley, high hurdles; Kenneth Carpenter, discus;
Bud Deacon, pole vault; Jack Rand, pole vault;
Harold Smallwood, 440-yard dash; Swede Hanson, shot-put; and
Charles (Chuck) Soper, Javelin.
(added 9-14-04)
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DEGENER,
Richard
(Olympic Champion Diver 1936)
1. Photo en-route to Berlin: Dorothy
Poynton Hill Was Not Over The Hill
(added
2-18-04)
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DEMERS, Jimmy (Javelin - Sandpoint, Idaho)
1. Coast's Mighty Track Men
Defend Title -- 1929 A.A.U. National Championship Denver, Colorado
(July 3 - 5, 1929)-- newspaper photographs of
Henry Brix, Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Demers,
Charley Paddock, Ray Conger, Russell Sweet, and Leo Lermond.
(added 5-21-04)
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DESJARDINS,
P.
(Diver)
1. P. Desjardins (Springboard
Diving) - included in the index of 1928 U.S.A. Olympic Gold,
Silver, and Bronze winners. (added 6-11-03)
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DEVINE,
Harold (Boxer):
1. Harold Devine (Boxer) -
included in the index of 1928 U.S.A. Olympic Gold, Silver, and
Bronze winners. (added 6-11-03)
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DICKEY,
W. E.
(Swimmer):
1. W. E. Dickey (Plunge for
distance) - included in the index of 1928 U.S.A. Olympic Gold,
Silver, and Bronze winners. (added 6-11-03)
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DOHERTY, Ken
(Decathlon Champion 1929)
1. Frank Wykoff, Leo Lermond,
Ken Doherty, Albers, Haynes, Mauer, Paddock, Roll,
Proudlock, Grumbles and Welsh are featured in a live
event photo by E. O. Eisenhand of the Denver Post
staff during the 1929 A. A. U. National Championship Track meet held in Denver,
Colorado July 3-5. (added 11-30-04)
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DON
(Sports Columnist -- Don Ashbaugh -- Glendale News Press)
1. Newspaper Column: No official clocker believes any high
school student can run
as fast as Wykoff runs. "Don" a sports columnist
(Don Ashbaugh) of
that era writes about this dilemma of Wykoff in 1928.
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DRAPER,
Foy
(Sprinter - Southern CA - 1936):
1.
Newspaper photo of
Wykoff at the finish line defeating Draper
at Pre-Olympic races on 5-20-36.
2. Columnist Claude Newman's - For What It's Worth -- 1936
Olympic Expectations
(added 2-13-04)
3. Newspaper: USA 400
Meter Relay (Wykoff - Draper - Metcalfe - Owens) team --World
Record.
4. Newspaper Photo:
Foy Draper
- 400 Meter Relay - GOLD.
5. Newspaper photo of: Frank Wykoff, Jesse Owens, Ralph
Metcalfe, and Foy Draper headlined ..."Speed
Their Business" (added 11-08-03)
6. Foy Draper is mentioned in an excerpt of a newspaper
article entitled "Wykoff Star of Yank Sprint Win --
Frankie Gains Six Meters
During Anchor Lap." (added 11-08-03)
7. Foy Draper's newspaper photo is featured in:
"Blazing Desire = Golden Moments." -- Olympic Gold 1936
(added 1-10-04)
8.
(Foy Draper is mentioned in the
following article)
Kenny Washington - UCLA Football Great! 1970
El Gordo Newsletter article headlined ...
"Down Memory Lane" highlighted the physical plight of
Kenny Washington -- who was suffering from a muscular
disease, and also spotlighted Frank Wykoff's
athletic achievements.
(added 10-13-05)
9..
TRIBUTE
TO FOY DRAPER
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DRAPER,
Weldon (Football -- U.S.C. 1932)
1. Weldon Draper in
Photo Gallery - Wykoff's College Days
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DREW, (?) (Track & Field -- USC)
1. Cartoonist - ?
- Metropolitan Newspaper Service -
"Carrying
on the Tradition of USC" - Features zoom-ins
of:
Frank
Wykoff;
Howard Drew;
Charles L. Parsons;
Charles W. Paddock;
Charles Borah
(1930)
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DROEGMULLER,
William
(Pole Vault)
1. William
Droegmuller (Pole Vault) - included in the index of 1928
U.S.A. Olympic Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners.
(added
6-11-03)
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DUNN, Velma (High Dive - Silver Medalist - 1936
Olympics)
See Velma Dunn PLOESSEL
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DYE,
Leighton
(Track & Field - Stanford - 110 Hurdles):
1. Photograph of Dye with Olympic Athletes aboard SS Roosevelt (1928).
2.
Leighton Dye,
is one of several
Southern California Track Stars that made the 1928 Olympic Team
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DYER,
Hector
(sprinter -Stanford University):
1. 5-19-30 - Stanford
Meet - Dyer - Wykoff dead heat -- 220 yard dash.
2.Reprinted article
by Braven Dyer
of the Los Angeles Times entitled: "Two World Records
that Generate Thrills" concerning a USC vs. Stanford track
race on May 17, 1931 includes the accomplished results of competitors:
Aebersold,
Dick Barber, Berry, Brugman, Earl Callahan, Kenneth
Churchill, Crawford,
Hector Dyer,
Ben Eastman, Vic Fitzmaurice, Gardner, Bill Graber,
Al Hables, Les Hables, Bob Hall, Cliff Halstead, Bill McGeagh,
Milton Mauer, Ted Meredith, Spud Mossman,
Nesbit,
Ernie Payne, Ches Unruh,
Frank Wykoff, and Vic Williams. Also mentioned were:
Coach Dean Cromwell,
Charles William Paddock and Coach Dink Templeton.
(added 9-22-04)
2. Statistic
results of the 1932 Olympic GOLD tally of winners.
3. RACE: 400 Meter Relay /
Wykoff - Kiesel-Toppino-Dyer.
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