Dallas Long

Dallas Long
Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1964 Tokyo Shot put
Bronze 1960 Rome Shot put

Dallas Crutcher Long (born 13 June 1940) is an American track and field athlete, who was four time world record holder in the shot put. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Long attended the University of Southern California.[1] He competed for the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where he won the bronze medal behind fellow Americans Bill Nieder and Parry O'Brien in the men's shot put event. He returned four years later to Tokyo for the 1964 Summer Olympics where he won the gold medal in the men’s shot put; runner up was Randy Matson.

Dallas Crutcher Long became a dentist and a physician specializing in emergency medicine. He served as a witness in the Rodney King trial against the Los Angeles Police Department police officers Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon in early 1993.

References

  1. ^ USC OLYMPIANS: 1904-2004, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
  • USA Track & Field profile
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). In The Complete Book of the Olympics - 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. p. 929.
Records
Preceded by
United States Parry O'Brien
Men's Shot Put World Record Holder
March 28, 1959 – August 1, 1959
Succeeded by
United States Parry O'Brien
Preceded by
United States Parry O'Brien
Men's Shot Put World Record Holder
March 5, 1960 – March 19, 1960
Succeeded by
United States Bill Nieder
Preceded by
United States Bill Nieder
Men's Shot Put World Record Holder
March 26, 1960 – April 2, 1960
Succeeded by
United States Bill Nieder
Preceded by
United States Bill Nieder
Men's Shot Put World Record Holder
May 18, 1962 – May 8, 1965
Succeeded by
United States Randy Matson



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