Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Just watching the marathon and they showed Ibrox and the commentator was telling his Ibrox story of how Al Shrug(?) in 1904 run one of the greates races ever breaking 7 world records - they would run for an hour and he broke the 5,6,7,8,9,10 and hour records ( I think) at the Ibrox Games! Also Ibrox was the center of the great running revival of the late 70's.Did we not host the New Year Sprint as well!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 A quick google of "Ibrox Running History" throws up some interesting pages.One paragraph from the first result caught my eye...PAAVO NURMI AT IBROXOne of the biggest captures of any sport in the early 1930's was when Paavo Nurmi ran at Ibrox in 1931. The following account of the race was written by athletics historian Alex Wilson...."Nurmi arrived in Glasgow on the eve of the Rangers Sports and was suitably impressed by the condition of the track after a two mile canter complete with stopwatch and dressed in a loose fitting sweater and training pants, declaring it the best track he had yet set his eyes on in Britain. A huge crowd of 50,000 spectators – a record for a Scottish meeting – turned out the following day. Afterwards athletics aficionados would be unanimous in agreeing that there had never been a finer meeting in the long and successful history of the Rangers Sports. Four records went by the board that afternoon."http://www.scottishd...mi at Ibrox.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,082 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I think Steve Cram was commentating at that point & he made sure the helicopter got in a good full view of Ibrox, as the route had begun to move away by then.He commented on both Shrug & Nurmi & was quick to point out Ibrox's role in the 'revival of running'.Nice to get a bit more good press! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Amazing the different way we are spoken about when you get people on the TV that aren't from the toxic bigoted Scottish BBC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 I think Steve Cram was commentating at that point & he made sure the helicopter got in a good full view of Ibrox, as the route had begun to move away by then.He commented on both Shrug & Nurmi & was quick to point out Ibrox's role in the 'revival of running'.Nice to get a bit more good press!Yep Steve Cram started talking about Ibrix and it was Brendan foster telling the stories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,082 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Yep Steve Cram started talking about Ibrix and it was Brendan foster telling the stories.Ah - cheers.They made a good job of it between them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 A quick google of "Ibrox Running History" throws up some interesting pages.One paragraph from the first result caught my eye...PAAVO NURMI AT IBROXOne of the biggest captures of any sport in the early 1930's was when Paavo Nurmi ran at Ibrox in 1931. The following account of the race was written by athletics historian Alex Wilson...."Nurmi arrived in Glasgow on the eve of the Rangers Sports and was suitably impressed by the condition of the track after a two mile canter complete with stopwatch and dressed in a loose fitting sweater and training pants, declaring it the best track he had yet set his eyes on in Britain. A huge crowd of 50,000 spectators – a record for a Scottish meeting – turned out the following day. Afterwards athletics aficionados would be unanimous in agreeing that there had never been a finer meeting in the long and successful history of the Rangers Sports. Four records went by the board that afternoon."http://www.scottishd...mi at Ibrox.htm Great research as per GB but I think we can forget about anything like this ever happening again at Lions den .Sadly with the passing of time ,so has the Countriies politics and power . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers1690 194 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Rule, Britannia! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmcf 34,093 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 ' The Rangers manager , Bill Struth , had surpassed himself by bringing the world's greatest distance runner to Ibrox ' Amazing to think what managers were responsible for back in those days ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMac 1,405 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 This is another great story. Apparently a Rangers Celtic friendly stopped to allow fans to watch the high jump.http://www.heraldsco...terson-1.292416Note that according to the article, it was Rangers that invented the modern day sports meetings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 "In July 1908 at Ibrox Park, at the St John's Young Men's Catholic Union Sports, Wyndham Halswelle set a Scottish 440 yards record of 48.4 - a performance which not even the Olympic champion Eric Liddell could surpass. It endured for half a century."Probably had tickets for the wrong end and realised too late..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Floodlit athletics meet in 1960.http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19600923&id=63ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1953,3385887 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 "In July 1908 at Ibrox Park, at the St John's Young Men's Catholic Union Sports, Wyndham Halswelle set a Scottish 440 yards record of 48.4 - a performance which not even the Olympic champion Eric Liddell could surpass. It endured for half a century."Probably had tickets for the wrong end and realised too late.....1908 Pre - sectarianism Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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