The Washington Post in 1913 called Murphy "the father of American track athletics." He was considered the premier athletic trainer of his era and was said to have "revolutionized the methods of training athletes and reduced it to a science." He is credited with establishing many innovative techniques for track and field, including the crouching start for sprinters.
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| - Mike Murphy (trainer and coach)
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| - The Washington Post in 1913 called Murphy "the father of American track athletics." He was considered the premier athletic trainer of his era and was said to have "revolutionized the methods of training athletes and reduced it to a science." He is credited with establishing many innovative techniques for track and field, including the crouching start for sprinters.
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| - Mike Murphy, illustration from 1913 obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer
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| - Southboro, Massachusetts, or Westboro, Massachusetts
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| - 1891(xsd:integer)
- 1894(xsd:integer)
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| - Southboro, Massachusetts, or Westboro, Massachusetts
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| - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| - Track coach and athletic trainer, Football Coach
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| - athletic trainer and coach
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Year
| - 1891(xsd:integer)
- 1894(xsd:integer)
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| - The Washington Post in 1913 called Murphy "the father of American track athletics." He was considered the premier athletic trainer of his era and was said to have "revolutionized the methods of training athletes and reduced it to a science." He is credited with establishing many innovative techniques for track and field, including the crouching start for sprinters.
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