Daniel O’Leary (Pedestrian. Born, Carrigroe, County Cork, Ireland, June 28, 1842; died, Los Angeles, CA, May 29, 1933.) A sport that reached its popular apogee in the years following the Civil War, walking, or pedestrianism, saw Daniel O’Leary become the world champion. O’Leary twice beat Edward Payson Weston in challenge matches and then won the Astley […]
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