A slide of Tom Waddell (Tom Flubacher) performing the high jump that set Springfield College's school record at 6' 5 1/4" on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) during the 1958 Eastern Track and Field Championships. He has his right leg stretched up to the high bar and is lifting his hands high above his head as he leaps above the bar. Tom set the school record that day at 6' 5 1/4". On the slide casing is written, "Tom Flubacher Jumps 6'5 1/4" 1958 WPI Easterns.". For biographical information on Thomas F. Waddell, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/155. Written on slide casing, "Tom Flubacher Jumps 6'5 1/4" 1958 WPI Easterns";
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