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The "Regional Olympic Trials - Los Angeles 1928"
page highlights the
extraordinary accomplishment of an 18 year old Glendale High School
Student, Frank Wykoff, who surprisingly vanquished the "Fastest Human,"
Charley Paddock, both in the 100 Meter and 200 Meter Olympic Trial Events
held at Los Angeles on June 16, 1928.
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RACE OF THE CENTURY
Regional Olympic Trials
- June 16, 1928
at the Coliseum in Los Angeles, California - U.S.A.
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Charley Paddock
Wykoff Victorious!
He Conquered
His Idol,
Olympic Champion, Charley
Paddock
Twice During The Regional Olympic
Trials
Held In Los Angeles, CA on 6-16-28
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Get on your Mark ...
100 Meter Race
Click above photograph to enlarge
An International Newsreel
Photograph
Click above photograph to enlarge
From Left to right:
Paddock,
Wehner, Wykoff
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Frank Wykoff
1st place
100 meters
equaling the
Olympic games mark of
10.6 seconds
1st-- Frank Wykoff
2nd--Charlie Paddock
3rd -- Nate George
Time: 10.6 Seconds
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200 Meter Race
Click above photograph to enlarge
Photo from Wykoff's personal files
1st place ....... Frank Wykoff
2nd place ....... Charles Paddock
3rd place ........ (?)
Time: 20 - 4/5 seconds --
equaling World Record
Paddock Was A Good Sport
Charlie Paddock congratulated
Frank Wykoff immediately after the race
Next Big Challenge - Olympic Finals (July 7,
1928)
held at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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More than
45,000 fans watched as
Frank Wykoff
reached the finish line
by leaps ... Again outrunning Olympic Champion, Charlie
Paddock, in the
200 meters
race
on Saturday,
June 16, 1928
Click above photograph
to enlarge
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"Soon
after
the 1928 trials in the Coliseum ended, they put us in a big
limousine and drove us downtown
to the Paramount theater.
They
put us on the stage, to show us off and
try to stimulate contributions to send the team overseas.
That was some kind of new attention for me."
Frank
Wykoff
Photo above: Al Jolsen & Frank Wykoff at
Paramount Studios 6-16-28
The autograph said: "To the
Fastest boy in the world -- best wishes. Al Jolsen"
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