You can read more about Houdini's pre-magic days as a young athlete HERE.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Houdini the young runner
This is an excerpt from Houdini's 1925-26 full evening show program highlighting his early days as a runner. Athletics were a true passion of young Ehrich Weiss. What I like about this is it shows an uncommon shot of the young Houdini in the uniform of the Allerton Club, which pre-dates the more well-known shot of him from the Pastime Athletic Club. I also find it interesting that it states Houdini "is not a believer in Prohibition," which was the law of the land at the time.
Houdini was not a drinker but clearly understood the folly of legislating morality as Prohibition attempted to do.
ReplyDeleteArchie MacMillan (sportswriter) ---- In 1892, Houdini set a record for running around Central Park. He was the greatest swamp-runner that ever represented any athletic club, and it was great fun for him to start out of a Sunday afternoon and lead a pack of young hopefuls across the morass that at that time stretched across the northern end of Manhattan Island.
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