This undated image provided courtesy of Thomas Carson, shows Ray Ewry competing in the standing high jump. Ewry began one of the greatest Olympic careers in history at the 1900 Paris Games. The ...

Ray Ewry is an all-but-forgotten Olympic great from the early 1900s with a remarkable story. Before winning his 10th gold medal in 10 tries, Ewry... Before Leaping To 10 Golds, Athlete Beat Polio The ...

Every so often, history gifts us a story so powerful it feels less like fact and more like legend. This kind of story reminds us that the limits we accept are not always the ones with which we must ...

WEST LAFAYETTE – Ray Ewry – who grew up a sickly child near downtown Lafayette only to go to be known a “The Human Frog,” one of the most accomplished Olympics athletes of his day – will have his name ...

A century ago, an Indiana-born American won 10 gold medals in long-discontinued Olympic events. Two of those came in the fundamentally bogus 1906 Games in Athens, but 10 gold medals are 10 gold medals ...

In medical as well as athletic terms, the Ray Ewry story has been one for the ages. Back in 1880, his doctor diagnosed 7-year-old Ray with polio. Family and friends doubted he would ever walk again.

ATHENS -- Who is the greatest U.S. Olympian ever? Carl Lewis? Eric Heiden? Florence Griffith-Joyner? Al Oerter? Mark Spitz? Who has the greatest Olympic story ever? The Miracle on Ice team? Cassius ...

Ray Ewry is an all-but-forgotten Olympic great from the early 1900s with a remarkable story. Before winning his 10th gold medal in 10 tries, Ewry... Before Leaping To 10 Golds, Athlete Beat Polio The ...

Largely forgotten despite his incredible tally of gold medals, Ray Ewry began one of the greatest Olympic careers in history at the 1900 Paris Games. The American jumper excelled in three events and ...