Shop Fantasy Central Golf Guide Email Travel Subscribe SI About Us  
  U.S. SPORTS
  scoreboards
baseball S
pro football S
col. football S
pro basketball S
m. college bb S
w. college bb S
hockey S
golf plus S
tennis S
soccer S
olympics 2000
motor sports
women's sports
more sports
 WORLD SPORT  

EVENTS
 Sportsman of the Year
 Heisman Trophy
 Swimsuit 2001

CENTERS
 Fantasy Central
 Inside Game
 Multimedia Central
 Statitudes
 Your Turn
 Message Boards
 Email Newsletters
 Golf Guide
 Cities
 Work in Sports

CNNSI.com GROUP
 Sports Illustrated
 Life of Reilly
 Television
 SI Women
 SI for Kids
 Press Room
 TBS/TNT Sports
 CNN Languages

COMMERCE
 SI Customer Service
 SI Media Kits
 Get into College
 Sports Memorabilia
 TeamStore

Then   Now
 

Dick Fosbury

Then: The sport of high jump hasn't been the same since the 6'4" Fosbury debuted his eponymous flop at the Mexico City Olympics.   Now: At 53, Fosbury oversees construction projects the president of his civil engineering firm in Ketchum, Idaho.

Now and Then
SI Flashback:
  • Being Backward Gets Results, February 10, 1969
    		•   Sound Bites:
    On developing "the flop" (920k)
    On reaction to "the flop" (496k)
    On "the flop" becoming the universal style (600k)

    Photographs by Rich Clarkson, Rich Frishman

     

    CNNSI Copyright © 2001
    CNN/Sports Illustrated
    An AOL Time Warner Company.
    All Rights Reserved.

    Terms under which this service is provided to you.
    Read our privacy guidelines.