For some reason I seem to have a hard time remembering that Bob Beamon (THE Bob Beamon) also went to Jamaica High School.
I lived just a few blocks from Jamaica High School for a couple of years not so long after I graduated from SUNY B. As it turns out, Dave lived within, I'm guessing, about two miles of Jamaica High School at the same time that I was living in Jamaica.
Is there some way that we can give Dave's father an assist on Beamon's jump? Is it possible that, when he was a high school athlete, Beamon aspired to be at least as good as that guy Caplin for the class of 1938?
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for the  United States | |||
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | Long jump | |
Robert ("Bob") Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an African American former track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump.
Beamon, from South Jamaica, Queens in New York City, attended Jamaica High School[1] and the University of Texas at El Paso.
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