IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH NYC PARKS NAMES 6-MILE CENTRAL PARK LOOP FOR STORIED BLACK OLYMPIAN RUNNER First Black American Olympian and training pioneer Theodore ‘Ted’ Corbitt honored in Central Park–Ted Corbitt Loop Next phase of park namings to include public suggestions–Parks encourages New Yorkers to submit names in …
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(Ed. note:A recent request passed on to us from Ted Corbitt’s son, Gary, reminded us of “The father of American distance running.” After Ted Corbitt’s passing at age 87, we received a bounced issue of NER back in the mail. The name was Ted Corbitt and the address was in …
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