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Katherine Switzer, first registered woman to complete the Boston Marathon, with her fellow runners interfering with an official's attempt to remove her bib number, USA, 1967 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

In a 1968 interview with Sports Illustrated,[2] he remarked “These screwballs! These weirdies!”, crying at the ceiling “These MIT boys! These Tufts characters! These Harvard guys! They write me askin’ should they put on spiked shoes for the marathon!”

Ironically, that statement makes him sound like the biggest screwball of them all.