Tom Waddell sets school record at 6' 5 1/4" (1958)
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A slide of Tom Waddell (Tom Flubacher) sets the Springfield College record for the High Jump at 6' 5 1/4" on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) during the 1958 Eastern Track and Field Championships. He is laid out straight and is going over the High Jump bar. Behind him are some buildings on the campus of WPI. On the slide casing is written, "Tom Flubacher Sets School Record at 6'5 1/4" WPI Easterns 1958.". For biographical information on Thomas F. Waddell, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/155. Written on slide casing, "Tom Flubacher Sets School Record at 6'5 1/4" WPI Easterns 1958";
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