Where Jumpin' Gene's Name

Originally Came From

The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1972

A journalist labeled this The Halton Flop. But actually it is The Fosbury Flop.

Daily Princetonian 12 January 1970

Jumpin' Gene on Cover of Track and Field News

October 1970

Jumpin' Gene at 1970 Duke University Olympic Camp, 2^nd row, left

Jumpin' Gene, Athlete of the Week, Asbury Park Press, 1972

1972 NCAA Championships, Eugene Oregon

The High Jumpin' Halton Brothers

Article by Elliot Denman, Asbury Park Press, 1972

Jumpin' Gene's Olympic Trials number

Jumpin' Gene (Center) with fellow jumpers 1972 Olympian Ronnie Lee “Spider” Jourdan (with elbow on Gene's head)

and upper right, 1968 Olympic gold medalist and inventor of the Fosbury Flop, Dick Fosbury. Crater Lake Oregon 1973.

Jumpin' Gene at Duke University Olympic Training Camp 1970.

Comment on jumping by Bernie Wagner, the great Oregon State University Coach who coached at the camp.

April 1973 Virginia

Article by Ike Kuhns, Newark Star Ledger, 1973

Jumpin' Gene Christian Brothers Academy 1968

First mention of Jumping Gene

On Jumpin' Gene using deep relaxation and imaging techniques 1972

Jumpin' Gene at Penn Relays, 1971

He won the Heptagonal League high jump three times, set an Ivy League record of 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 meters), and was the first ivy league jumper to clear 7 feet.