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1936 Olympics Glenn Morris USA Decathlon Gold Medal
1936 Olympics Glenn Morris USA Decathlon Gold Medal

1936 Olympics Glenn Morris USA Decathlon Gold Medal

$ 7.89

Availability: 89 in stock
  • Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Condition: excellent preowned used condition
  • Theme: Olympics
  • Topic: track
  • Grade: Ungraded

    Description

    1936 Olympics Glenn Morris USA Decathlon Gold Medal  4 1/2 x 3 inches
    Sammelwerk  #22
    It was said that
    Adolf Hitler
    never left his seat while Morris was competing, and that the
    Germans
    thereafter offered Morris ,000 to stay in Germany and appear in sports films, an offer Morris refused.
    [4]
    In November 1937,
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    released the ten-minute short film "Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris," depicting how he trained for and won the decathlon event. Morris portrayed himself in the film, before becoming the fourth Olympic athlete to play
    Tarzan
    . He appeared in only one Tarzan film,
    Tarzan's Revenge