Franz Stammpfl was a famed track & field and running coach. He was
born in Autria(1913) and died in Melbourne,Australia on Mar.19,1995 at
the age of 81. He had fled Autria('36). He coached Autralian runners
from Melbourne University. In 1980, a car accident left him a
quadriplegic;spent his last 15 yrs. coaching runners from a
wheelchair. He many world record & Olympians in the 50's & 60's. I
need his date of birth.

Hello.

Franz Stampfl's date of birth is November 18, 1913. 

From the Times of London:
"Franz Stampfl, athletics coach, died in Melbourne on March 19 aged
81. He was born in Vienna on November 18, 1913. MORE than any other
coach, Franz Stampfl can claim credit for the remarkable and
innovative training methods which led to Roger Bannister..."
Source: The Times, "Franz Stampfl; Obituary",  WED 05 APR 1995, Ed: 1,
Pg: 17
http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/SearchSampleResults.asp?pubsel=TIM&SrchText=stampfl&DateFromDD=01&DateFromMM=Jan&DateFromYY=1995&DateToDD=01&DateToMM=Jan&DateToYY=1996&ResultListMax=100&head=&byline=&sect=&SortOrder=desc&SortField=Date&BackDD=Day&BackMM=Month&BackYY=Year&source=thetimes&SortField=Pub&SortOrder=asc&SortField=EDN&SortOrder=asc&SortField=Page&SortOrder=asc&ST=NS&SortSpec=&Resu
tMaxDocs=100&Site=ALL&Collection=NI&ResultCount=20&summreqd=yes

search strategy: Times of London archive: stampfl, 1995

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 01 Dec 2002 18:16 PST

There seems to be a problem with that link to the Times archive.
Here's a shortened version, courtesy of SnipURL:
http://snipurl.com/eg6

If that doesn't work, you can retrieve the excerpt above by going to
the Times' archive page and doing a search for "stampfl" and
restricting the year to 1995.
http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/sample_pre.asp

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 01 Dec 2002 18:55 PST

Thank you very much for the tip.
-juggler

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Bluestreak