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The unknown story of the first Olympic hero: An unexpected victory and a sad and premature end
Spyridon Louis, in his sixties, photographed in Berlin in 1936.ullstein bild Dtl. (ullstein bild via Getty Images)In one of the few surviving photos of his feat, Spyridon Louis, sporting an impeccable brigadier’s moustache, wears a number 3 on the …