Bernie Sanders on the track team - contemporary newspaper item
Sanders' mentions of his school athletic career at the town hall got me curious enough to look up old newspapers online. Here's one:
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Over on the right, under the headline "Auto Keeps X-Country PSAL Title," you can find Bernard Sanders as #3 in the list of individual finishing times.
And here's another listing, I guess from the same event. (Look over on the left, under Track Results):
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