1972 U.S. Olympic Track Team

Name/Title

1972 U.S. Olympic Track Team

Entry/Object ID

1995.41.7

Description

B/W photo of Doug Morrell holding lobsters at a barbecue at his home on Maquoit Bay, Mere Point, Brunswick, ME. Bill Morrell is to his immediate left. Guests are the 1972 U.S. Men's Olympic Track Team, at Bowdoin College for training before going to the Munich Olympics. Track Team members included Steve Prefontaine and Dave Wottle, among others. Prefontaine, who died in an automobile accident in 1975, held records in seven different distance track events. 7/1972.

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Lobsters, Mere Point, Morrell family, Towns - Brunswick