{"product_id":"genius-of-ted-haydon-and-the-university-of-chicago-track-club","title":"Genius of Ted Haydon: And the University of Chicago Track Club","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEdward \"Ted\" Haydon was born in Saskatchewan Canada in 1912 and moved to Chicago in\u003cbr\u003e1917 where he lived the rest of his life. He was renowned for creating the University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003eTrack Club in 1950, a unique blend of college and club that changed the way track and field\u003cbr\u003eorganizations were seen. Over the years seventeen club members qualified for the Olympic\u003cbr\u003eGames – in 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984 – Jan Johnson finishing third in the\u003cbr\u003epole vault in 1972 and Rick Wohlhuter also third at the 1976 Games in the 800 meters.\u003cbr\u003eA 1933 graduate of the University of Chicago, Ted spent the first sixteen years of his career as a\u003cbr\u003esocial worker during the height of the Great Depression and WWII, one of the neighborhoods he\u003cbr\u003ewas responsible for the site of the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre frequented by the likes of\u003cbr\u003eAl Capone and Bugsy Moran.\u003cbr\u003eTed had a wit matched by few, his \"Being a member of the UCTC is a state of mind. If you think\u003cbr\u003eyou are, then you are\" one of the classic lines. The club coach and U of C varsity coach at the\u003cbr\u003esame time, he opened the organization to people of all levels, espousing a Run For Fun motto\u003cbr\u003eto his charges, the eight minute milers just as welcome as those who could break four minutes.\u003cbr\u003eHe was known to counsel athletes after a bad race with the quip \"Don't worry about the race\u003cbr\u003etoday, I know you are capable of much worse\" or \"If you want to run faster times you'll need to\u003cbr\u003erun shorter races.\" Ted's alibi list was legendary, complete with boxes to check the excuse,\u003cbr\u003ehanded out to all his new athletes and comprised of these examples – \"I wanted to see what\u003cbr\u003ethey gave 3rd place\" or \"I felt great and that's always a bad sign.\"\u003cbr\u003eHe was an assistant coach for the 1968 and 1972 US Olympic teams; also coaching at the '63\u003cbr\u003eand '79 Pan American Games, the 1961 Maccabi Games, leading US teams on European and\u003cbr\u003eRussian tours in 1958 and 1975, inducted into the USA Track \u0026amp; Field Hall of Fame in 1975. It\u003cbr\u003ewould take a thesaurus to list all Ted's great qualities. He will always be remembered for his\u003cbr\u003esense of humor, a fedora on his head, and the two stopwatches around his neck.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003eder-toggle=\"{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e ","brand":"Bookbaby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50146287124765,"sku":"9798350989373","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9798350989373.jpg?v=1752164848","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/genius-of-ted-haydon-and-the-university-of-chicago-track-club","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}