Beyond the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – The story of Richard Norris Williams (Paris and Me addendum 3)

Richard Norris Williams II, who was generally known simply as Norris, was born on January 29, 1891 in Geneva, Switzerland. Although born in Switzerland, Williams was American by birth because both his father and mother were Americans. In fact, his …

Notes on the VIII Olympiad – Paris 1924 (Paris and Me addendum two)

In the introduction to the post about the 19oo Olympic Games I teased two stories about the 1924 Games. The first focused on a pair of dates in 1981 and 1982 when one story from the Games of the VIII …

Notes on the II Olympiad – Paris 1900 (Paris and Me addendum one)

Paris, which will host the XXIII Summer Games in 2024 has twice before hosted the Summer Olympics in 1900 (the second Games) and again in 1924 (the Games of the VIII Olympiad). I think it would be fair to say …