17. Dick Fosbury
“Fearless Fosbury is a 21-year-
old senior at Oregon State
University with a major in civil
engineering, two bad feet, a
worn-out body, an unbelievable
style of high-jumping head first
on his back, a habit of talking to
himself in midair (...)” - NY
Times, Oct 20th, 1968.
18. In the 1960s he was an
unremarkable (kid)
athlete who preferred
the scissors jumping
style.
19. His coach would force
him to use the then-
popular straddle
technique.