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Jerry Carruth with Mark Wallace after the first interview of the day on July 26, 2014.

Jerry Carruth with Mark Wallace after the first interview of the day on July 26, 2014.

We have added a new way to help us out. We need to know who you are if you are interested in helping complete this project.

In many ways, we’ve already succeeded in capturing many of the stories surrounding key moments that were special to Coach Max Goldsmith and those who ran under him as athletes. However, weaving together these various threads of the overall story is far from finished. We have more to document. We have more research to do. We will ultimately produce a program that will hopefully honor all of those involved.

If you are interested in seeing this happen, PLEASE COMPLETE THE SUPPORT FORM found on this web site. It is under the menu option of CONTRIBUTE or you can CLICK HERE to get to the form.

Thank you.

The passing of Coach Max Goldsmith

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Max GoldsmithIt saddens us to report that on Thursday, July 24, 2014, Coach Max Goldsmith passed away.

Visitation is scheduled for Monday, July 28, from 6pm to 9pm at First Baptist Church Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas.

Services will be held at First Baptist Church Lewisville on Tuesday, July 29 at 2:00pm.

Please join us in paying tribute to a great athlete, a great coach, and a great man.

  • First Baptist Church Lewisville
  • 1251 Valley Ridge Blvd, Lewisville, TX 75077
  • (972) 436-5502

An online obituary can be found http://tinyurl.com/coach-max-obit

Shooting Interviews in Andrews July 26th

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During the annual reunion weekend, Mark Wallace and Mustang International will be shooting interviews of people directly tied to the focus of this documentary.

Anyone in Andrews, Texas, on July 26th, 2014 who was present in ANY capacity (including as a fan in the stands) is encouraged to contact Matt Wallace at 214-995-6695.

Hope to see ya there!

Andrews’ First State Champ

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BILLY SPEAR – 1952BillySpear 1952

With all the superb track teams that came out of Andrews, it sometimes gets overlooked that our first individual State Champion was Billy Spear.

Billy won the high hurdles in 15 flat in 1952 in Austin to bring home the gold.

THE FLYING A

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FlyAArticle_picAccording to Max, the famous Flying A shirts donned by his tracksters got its start when Elaine Goldsmith started making shirts for youngsters who participated in Max’s summer track program. These shirts were cherished by most youngsters who wanted to some day run track for Max Goldsmith. The first time I saw the Andrews “Flying A” was in 1958. I saw Andrews dominate the Cowtown Relays in Ft. Worth, Texas. It seemed each time awards were given out, one or more Flying A was on the winner stand. Those shirts alone probably intimidated some opponents.

Written by J. Mark Wallace

Forest Scott Interview Scheduled

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Educator, athlete and coach Forest Scott worked with and for Max while in Andrews. Max attributed the ability of many of his runners to the excellent coaching of Forest in Junior High in Andrews. Forest has key insights regarding the focus of this project and we have finally been able to schedule a interview with him in Lubbock. If all goes well, producer Matt Wallace will be capturing video of Forest telling his story to Mark Wallace on July 1, 2013.

Audio Interviews with Max

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Mark and Jan Wallace spent the morning with a microphone, a recorder and Max Goldsmith. They captured some stories and discussed the project. Max was not feeling as strong as he would like, but he’s encouraged that we are moving forward on this documentary.