Duke Basketball Report · Jul 5, 2020
The Time Thomas Hill’s Father Was Denied A Shocking World Record
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 30: College Basketball: NCAA Final Four, Duke Thomas Hill (12) victorious, cutting down net after winning championship game against Kansas on March 30, 1991 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father was denied his piece of history. Photo by Rich Clarkson/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty ImagesWe knew that former Duke basketball player Thomas Hill’s dad - Thomas Hill, Sr. - was a hurdler, but we didn’t realize how good he was.
Hill made the 1972 Olympic team and should have set a world record in 1970 but according to this article by Steve Cameron in the Couer d’Alene/Post Falls Press, he was pretty much screwed out of it.