EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Slip on your ballet shoes and get ready for some Cold War romance! This episode, the Lame History crew takes a look at the life of Olympic hammer-thrower Harold Connolly.

SHOW NOTES:

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(Sources in Chronological Order)

November 25, 1956

110 https://www.nytimes.com/1956/11/25/archives/connolly-will-retire-hammer-ace-cites-strain-on-his-weak-left-arm.html?searchResultPosition=58 (NY Times, November 25, 1956) 110

November 25, 1956

133 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/11/25/88492839.html?pageNumber=225

March 3, 1957

122 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/03/archives/us-and-czech-olympic-stars-seek-to-wed-hammer-and-discus-throwers.html?searchResultPosition=22 (NY Times, March 3, 1957)

March 7, 1957

120 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/07/archives/discus-star-urges-zapotocky-to-let-her-wed-us-athlete-czech.html?searchResultPosition=26 (NY Times, March 7, 1957)

March 9, 1957

“Prague Visit Extended For U. S. Olympic Star - Speclal to The New York Times. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia; March 8 -

March 10, 1957

118 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/10/archives/connolly-to-fight-to-wed-czech-girl.html?searchResultPosition=7 (NY Times, March 10, 1957)

CONNOLLY TO 'FIGHT’ TO WED CZECH GIRL

March 22, 1957

126 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/22/archives/czechs-bow-to-love-us-boy-gets-girl-prague-relents-us-boy-gets-girl.html?searchResultPosition=16 (NY Times, March 22, 1957)

“Czechs Bow to Love: U.S. Boy Gets Girl

March 23, 1957

127 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/23/archives/connollys-fiancee-applies-for-us-visa.html?searchResultPosition=5 (NY Times, March 23, 1957)

“CONNOLLY'S FIANCEE APPLIES FOR U.S. VISA - VIENNA, March 22 (P)

March 27, 1957

116 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/03/27/86702020.html?pageNumber=5 (From NY Times March 27,...