The 25th Arnold
Sports Festival kicks off today in Columbus. The festival will feature more
than 18,000 athletes from 80 nations competing in 45 sports and events,
including 12 Olympic sports.
Normally associated
with bodybuilding, the festival’s other sports bring to mind the athletic feats
of two former Justices on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Justice Francis Sweeney played professional football in the Canadian Football League for the
Ottawa Rough Riders as a defensive tackle from 1956 to 1958. Justice Sweeney
served on the Supreme Court from January 1993 to December 2004. Perhaps his
most significant contribution while a member of the court was his majority
opinion in DeRolph v. State (1997), the first school funding decision.
Justice Arthur H. Day set an unofficial world record in the 40-yard dash as a varsity sprinter
at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1909. After his graduation from Ohio Wesleyan, he
was appointed to the Cleveland Boxing Commission in 1914. Justice Day served on
the court from January 1935 to December 1940.
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