As I grew up that iconic image of Tommie and John Carlos never seemed far away. Fast forward 53 years and I get a call, "Mike, we've lined up Tommie Smith for interview. Do you fancy it?" hwi 28y001 "This looks like policy poverty," the league said in a statement which was co-signed by the KNVB (Dutch FA) and the Keuken Kampioen Divisie, the country's second tier. "People in The Hague no longer know what to do. hwi 28y001 Then there he is. Dr Tommie Smith sitting on the other end of a zoom call. He looked like he could still run the 200 metres in a decent time. His passion and energy undimmed over the intervening years. hwi 28y001 His brothers lost their place on their high school football team and the only job he could get was washing cars. hwi 28y001