Jack Torrance (athlete)
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Jack Torrance was an American shot putter and American football player. Torrance broke the shot put world record several times in 1934, his eventual best mark of 17.40 m remaining unbeaten until 1948.
Torrance in 1933
Charlie Fonville
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Charles Edward Fonville was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the shot put. In 1945, he had been named the Michigan High School Track & Field Athlete of the Year. He won th
Jack Torrance (athlete)
…played tackle in a total of fifteen games in 1939 and 1940. Torrance's shot put world record outlasted his sports career, remaining in the books until Charlie Fonville threw 17.68 m (58 ft 1⁄4 in) on April 17, 1948. Torrance was inducted in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1961. He died in November 1969 of a heart…
Charlie Fonville
Charlie Fonville, University of Michigan, 1950 Michiganensian, p. 247