Up for auction a *ONE OF A KIND* 1952 Olympians Hand Signed With 22 Signatures. Signers include; Bill Ashenfelter (Steeplechase), Ken Wisener (Silver Medal, High Jump), Darrow Hooper (Silver Medal, Shot Put), Milt Campbell (Silver Medal, Decathlon, 1952, Gold Medal, Decathlon, 1956), Bob Mathias (Gold Medal, Decathlon, 1948, 1952), William "Parry" O'Brien (Gold Medal, Shot Put, 1952, 1956, Silver Medal, Shot Put, 1960), Jesse Mashburn (Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay, 1956), Mal Whitfield (Gold Medal, 800 Meters, 1948, 1952, Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay, 1948, Silver Medal, 4X400 Relay, 1952, Bronze Medal, 400 Meter Run, 1948), Walt Davis (Gold Medal, High Jump), Jim Fischer, Bronze Medal, Shot Put, 1948, 1952), Horace Ashenfelter (Gold Medal, Steeplechase), Curt Bernard (Bronze Medal, 110 Meter Hurdles), Jack Davis (Silver Medal, 100 Meter Hurdles), Wes Santee (5000 Meter Run), Charles Moore (Gold Medal, 400 Meter Hurdles, Silver Medal, 4X400 Relay), Bob Richards (Gold Medal, Pole Vault, 1951, 1955, Silver Medal, Decathlon, 955), Harrison Dillard (Gold Medal, 100 Meter Dash, Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay, 1948, Gold Medal, 100 Meter Hurdles, Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay, 1952), Dean Smith, Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay), Walter "Thane" Baker (Silver Medal, 200 Meter Run, 1952, Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay, Silver Medal, 100 Meter Dash, Bronze Medal, 200 Meter Dash, 1956), Lindy Remigino (Gold Medal, 100 Meter Dash, Gold Medal, 4X400 Relay). This item is
certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of
Authenticity.
The
1952 Summer Olympics (
Finnish:
Kesäolympialaiset 1952;
Swedish:
Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the
Games of the XV Olympiad, were an
international multi-sport event held in
Helsinki,
Finland, in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier selected to host the
1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to
World War II. It is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games have been held. These were the first games to be held in a non-
Indo-European language speaking country. It was also the Olympic Games at which the most number of world records were broken until surpassed by the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing.
[1] The
Soviet Union, the
People's Republic of China,
Indonesia,
Israel,
Thailand, and
Saarland made their Olympic debuts in Helsinki 1952.
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