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Caption: "Boro Olympians back -- Brooklyn representatives of Israeli sports teams, recently returned from the Helsinki Olympics, present to Boro President John Cashmore Israeli Olympic team emblem. Left to right, Irv (Moon) Mandschein, former Boys High star who coached Israeli tack and field team, Charles S. Greene, treasurer of U.S. Committee for Sports in Israel, Mr. Cashmore, Tubby Raskin, Israeli cage coach, of Brooklyn College, and Barney Ain, press representative"
Eleanor Holm (1913-2004) won fame as a backstroke swimmer in the 1930's. She held 12 national titles and won the 100-meter backstroke race in the 1932 Olympics. She was born in Brooklyn.
Books
The Olympics: Athens to Athens 1896- 2004 / forward by Jacques Rogge, Michael Johnson
Inside the Olympics: a behind-the-scenes look at the politics, the scandals, and the glory of the games / Richard W. Pound
The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 / by Susan D. Bachrach
The naked Olympics: the true story if the ancient games / Tony Perrottel; illustrations by Lesley Thelander
DVD
Munich [videorecording]
Chariots of fire vol/disc 16 (DVD) [videorecording]
Audios
A history of ancient Greece [kit] / by Professor Eric H. Cline
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