Yep, I was 17 in 1973. How can that be 50 years ago?
I can definitely relate...
Fall of 1973 (Senior year of high school). Our varsity cross country team:
I'm second from the right.
Third from the left is
Don Paige, who went on to make his mark on the Track & Field world. If not for Jimmy Carter's boycott of the Moscow Olympics, Don would have been representing us in the 800 meters event. (He finally got to race against Sebastion Coe later that year and won).
The fellow on the right end is actually the fellow who is second from the left, filling in for his absent twin brother by wearing his glasses.
Oh, how the world has changed...