Sports Fact of the Day 2/4/2007

Go Bears!

2/4/1983:
Billy Olson of the Pacific Track Club sets a new world record for the indoor pole vault, clearing 19'3/8" at the Toronto Star Maple Leaf Games. Using a fiberglass pole with 200 pounds of torque, Olson clears the milestone height on his second attempt, becoming the first to vault 19 feet indoors. Only world record holder Vladimir Polyakov of Russia (19'3/4") and Thierry Vigneron of France (19'1/4") have done it outdoors.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925925,00.html

Birthdays:
Byron Nelson b. 1912
Lawrence Taylor b. 1959
Denis Savard b. 1961
Dan Plesac b. 1962
Oscar De La Hoya b. 1973