Welcome to The Pool Room

Welcome to The Pool Room with Tony Armstrong, a short-form narrative sports podcast that celebrates the winners, losers, and the weird stuff between.

Join Tony on a trip through history to discover the wildest, most unexpected and inspiring stories; from the Olympic marathon runner who mysteriously disappeared, to the curse that haunted Australian soccer for decades. Every episode is a bite-sized but immersive experience. You’ll come away with fun, quirky stories and trivia gems that are guaranteed to impress your friends. New episodes release Fridays.

Credits:

Produced by James Parkinson

Additional writing by Anna Spargo-Ryan

Theme Music by Nic Buchanan

Show development by James Parkinson and Annaliese Redlich.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Picture this. You're watching an Olympic marathon. That's a tough
event regardless of the weather, but today it is sweltering hot.
It doesn't take long before heatstroke and exhaustion has caused
half of the runners to drop out of the race.

(00:23):
Doctors are called and hospital visits are made. But one
runner has quite strangely disappeared. It's Japan's Shezo Kanakouri. Halfway
through the race, Sheezo goes completely off grid. He's officially
reported missing, and what happened to Sheizo remained a mystery

(00:43):
for more than fifty years. Hey, I'm Tony Armstrong and
welcome to the pool room, where we celebrate the winners,
losers and the weird stuff between. And you just heard
a taste of what to expect sports, of colorful characters
and unbelievable moments, the kind of stories you can't wait

(01:05):
to tell your mates about. Have you heard the one
about a dead jockey who won a horse race? Or
get this, did you know the bloke who popularized the
great sporting tradition of streaking was an Aussie? From footy
to Formula one, I'll take you on a trip through
sports history, the wild, the unexpected, and the inspiring Listen

(01:27):
to the Pool Room with Me Tony Armstrong on the
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