14+ Prefontaine Death Car Pics. It was the third death of an american track athlete in less than a week. Prefontaine was pinned under the car.
Preclassic Com The Official Prefontaine Classic Website News 50 Years Ago Revisiting Steve Prefontaine S 1969 Hs 2 Mile Record 8 41 5 from www.runnerspace.com While running for the oregon track club, prefontaine set american records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters, as he prepared for the 1976 olympics. The author, a fellow olympian, looks back at track's angry man. It had been reported that his blood alcohol content was found by the eugene police department to be 0.16.
She and distance runner frank shorter were the last people to speak with steve when he drove nancy to her car on the oregon campus, and then drove frank to former oregon runner, kenny moore's home.
Here is all you want to know, and more! As i was speaking, a man who was cleaning the shrubbery along skyline stopped his work, leaned against his rake, and listened. Steve prefontaine died in a car accident at the height of his running career in eugene oregon. What he achieved in his short life is inspiring.
