Tom Waddell, Coach Vern Cox, and Steve Holmes after Tom set record (1958)
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A slide of Tom Waddell (Tom Flubacher) Tom Waddell, Coach Vern Cox, and Steve Holmes after Tom set Springfield College High Jump school record on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) during the 1958 Eastern Track and Field Championships. All three men are laughing with Tom to left foreground. His jump was recorded at 6' 5 1/4". On the slide casing is written, "Tom Flubacher Coach Cox Steve Holmes Tom just set new Record.". For biographical information on Thomas F. Waddell, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/155. Written on slide casing, "Tom Flubacher Coach Cox Steve Holmes Tom just set new Record";
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