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Dec 24, 2014 · Louis Zamperini was always exceptional. After getting into trouble as a child, Zamperini found an outlet in track and field. In a time when the four-minute mile was one of the most elusive goals in sports, Zamperini pushed the limits. Zamperini set the national high school record for the mile in 1934 with a time of 4:21.3.
Jul 3, 2014 · July 3, 2014. Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who as an airman during World War II crashed into the Pacific, was listed as dead and then spent 47 days adrift in a life raft before being...
Aug 11, 2020 · In 1936, 19-year-old Louis Zamperini qualified for the Summer Olympics in Berlin. Even today, he remains the youngest American to qualify in the 5,000 meter track and field event. He didn't...
Jul 3, 2014 · AP. Zamperini was held in solitary confinement for long stretches and told he would be executed. Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and American World War Two veteran who survived two years as...
Jul 3, 2014 · Louis Zamperini, an Olympian and a war hero, has died at the age of 97. Zamperini ran in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed. Shortly...
Lou Zamperini was a high school star distance runner in Southern California in the 1930s, and competed in the 1936 Olympics shortly after graduating from high school, winning the California high school championship, and earning a track scholarship to Southern Cal. He was a solid distance runner but his life after athletics was far more interesting.
Jul 3, 2014 · Nick Ut—AP. By Aleksandra Gjorgievska. July 3, 2014 11:41 AM EDT. L ouis Zamperini, a World War II veteran who ran for the U.S. track and field team at the 1936 Olympics and later survived...
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