You Know Mack Robinson’s Brother, Now Get To Know Mack Robinson

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

On this day in 1912, the birth of the greatest athlete you might never have heard of - Olympic silver medalist and community advocate Mack Robinson. His brother, Jackie, is better known, but there's a reason their hometown of Pasadena, California installed bronze busts of both brothers outside City Hall. Plus, a new study out of Harvard asks the important question: do runners actually go faster by bending their arms as they race?

Two Lives After Losing to Jesse Owens (New York TImes)

Matthew MacKenzie “Mack” Robinson (1912-2000) (BlackPast.org)

Running with your arms bent does not make you go any faster than with straight arms, Harvard study finds (Yahoo! News)

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