RPCVs who made significant contributions to sports
by George Brose (Tanzania 1965-67) There are lists of politicians, writers, CEO’s, artists, and film people, even an astronaut who were in the Peace Corps in their early or later years. But I’ve yet to see anything about sports figures who have been PCV’s. I personally know of a few who I would call major sports figures and in talking with John Coyne we decided that these folks should not go unnoticed for their service in the Peace Corps and their contributions on the playing fields. My area of expertise is track and field, and this sport is where I have found most of my subjects. They include an Olympic champion, a Boston Marathon champion, a famous coach, a not so famous runner but one who has been a long-time contributor to the sport, and another lesser known gem, and I’m even going to include a sportswriter who described . . .
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Subsequent to Peace Corps service (Ethiopia, 1966-68), I spent 1971-72 in Sumatra qualifying Sumatrans for some of the plentiful Cold…