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Athletes' Prime—26? | Maclean's | DECEMBER 1, 1921


Athletes’ Prime—26?
Several of the World’s Leading Athletic Records Made in Mid Twenties
December 1 1921
GRANTLAND RICE
Athletes’ Prime—26?
GRANTLAND RICE
DOES man reach the maximum of physical prowess at the age of twentysix years? Grantland Rice has written an article, “What is the Winning Age in Sport?” for Vanity Fair in which he seems to have produced conclusive proof that he does. Youth, he points out, is inclined to be excitable, nervous and high strung. It is likely to break under strain. On the other hand, age—and by age he explains he means anything beyond thirty-
five and forty -has the judgment and the mental advantages under good control; but, being inclined to tire more rapidly, lacks the physical requirements t.o gain the snow-capped peaks. He goes on to name a formidable list of athletes who won their laurels at the age of twenty-six:— ....

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