This Penn State alum won gold in Paris Olympics… in 1924
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This Penn State alum won gold in Paris Olympics… in 1924

NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Michael Barkann heads to the Montgomery County home of Andrew Helffrich to check out some of the memorabilia left by his grandfather, 1924 Paris Olympics gold medalist Alan Boone Helffrich. The Penn State legend was one of the best track athletes of the 1920s.

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