Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Suicide Hill Ski Jump" in English language version.
The local newspaper reporter, Ted Butler, said "Sure it's a good hill, but why not have a little color about it. I gave it the name a few days before it was used in 1926. Walter Anderson fell in practice a few days before the meet and was badly hurt. In the stories I sent out about him, I called it Suicide Hill and the name stuck".
The local newspaper reporter, Ted Butler, said "Sure it's a good hill, but why not have a little color about it. I gave it the name a few days before it was used in 1926. Walter Anderson fell in practice a few days before the meet and was badly hurt. In the stories I sent out about him, I called it Suicide Hill and the name stuck".