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United States At The 1956 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. Medalists Gold *Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres *Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres *Charles Jenkins Sr., Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres *Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres *Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles *Glenn Davis (athlete), Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles *Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay *Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins Sr., Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones (athlete), Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump *Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault *Greg Bell (athlete), Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump *Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put *Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Jones (athlete)
Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jones graduated from Manhattan College in 1954. He won the 400 m at the 1955 Pan-American Games, where he set a new world record of 45.4. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning American 4 × 400 m relay team. Just four months before the Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ... Olympics, Jones broke his own 400 m world record, clocking 45.2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the US Olympic Trials, thus becoming a main favorite at this event in Melbourne. But in the Olympic 400 m final, Jones was off form, and managed to finish only in a disappo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Evans (basketball)
William Best Evans (September 13, 1932 – November 22, 2020) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Berea, Kentucky, Evans played collegiately at the University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state .... He was part of the United States basketball team which won the gold medal in 1956. Evans died on November 22, 2020. References External linksOlympic profile 1932 births 2020 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Kentucky Guards (basketball) Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball People from Berea, Kentucky Phillips 66ers pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Darling
:''A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series Back to You.'' Charles Frick Darling (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Denison, Iowa, Darling played collegiately at the University of Iowa. He was selected by the Rochester Royals in the first round of the 1952 NBA draft, but chose not to pursue a career in professional basketball. Instead, he was a member of the American basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1956. He was a member of the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Littleton, Colorado Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistica ... at the age of 91. References External links * 1930 births 2021 deaths All-American college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Cain
Carl Cecil Cain (born August 2, 1934) is an American retired basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Freeport, Illinois, Cain played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes. His number is retired by the University of Iowa basketball program. He is an inductee to the Des Moines Register State of Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He was a member of the United States national team, which won the Olympic gold medal in 1956. Early life Carl Cain was born in Freeport, Illinois, on August 2, 1934. He played with future Iowa Hawkeyes player McKinley Davis during his junior year in high school to win the Illinois state high school title in 1951. Bucky O'Connor recruited Davis to Iowa City and Davis asked Cain to accompany him. O'Connor liked the prospect of Cain joining the Iowa team. Cain initially decided to major in political science. Fabulous Five Cain was part of an Iowa Hawkeyes group termed the Fabulous Five who were part of the Final Four in the NCAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Boushka
Richard James Boushka (July 29, 1934 – February 19, 2019) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Springfield, Illinois, Boushka played collegiately at Saint Louis University. In addition to his play on the gold-medal winning 1956 American Olympic team, he was a member of the American team in the 1959 Pan American Games and was a standout player for the Wichita Kansas) Vickers of the AAU. Boushka eventually became the president of team sponsor Vickers Petroleum. Boushka was named to the Saint Louis Billikens All Century Team. He was on the team with other Saint Louis players such as Jordair Jett, Anthony Bonner, and Larry Hughes. Investments After parimutuel gambling was legalized in Kansas in 1986, Boushka approached RD Hubbard Rd is an abbreviation for road. RD or Rd may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' Real Drive'', an anime by Production I.G * RD (group), a British girl group also known as Ruff Diamondz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Oerter
Alfred Oerter Jr. (September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Games, Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame. Olympic athlete Oerter was born in 1936 in Astoria, Queens, New York City and grew up in New Hyde Park, New York, New Hyde Park; he attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, Floral Park. He began his track and field career at the age of 15 when a discus landed at his feet and he threw it back past the crowd of throwers. Oerter continued throwing and eventually earned a scholarship to the University of Kansas in 1954 where he became a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. A large man of almost 6' 4" (193 cm) and 280 pounds (127 kg), Oerter was a natural thrower. Competing for Kansas, he became the NCAA discus champion in 1957; he successfully defende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie McDaniel
Mildred "Millie" Louise McDaniel-Singleton ( McDaniel, November 4, 1933 – September 30, 2004) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the women's high jump event during her career. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she attended David T. Howard High School. She competed for the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal in the women's high jump event. In the process, she beat the current world record holder, Iolanda Balas and set a new world record. She attended the Tuskegee Institute where she played basketball. While there she was the National Champion in 1953, 1955 and 1956. In 1983 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is located in Macon, Georgia. It is the largest state sports hall of fame in the United States at . Exhibitions The Hall of Fame houses over of exhibit space broken down into sections including Hall of Fame Induc .... Death McDaniel-Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Campbell
Milton Gray Campbell (December 9, 1933 – November 2, 2012) was an American decathlete of the 1950s. In 1956, he became the first African American to win the gold medal in the decathlon of the Summer Olympic Games."Olympian Milt Campbell dies" ESPN.go.com, November 4, 2012. Accessed July 28, 2015. Personal life Campbell was born in . At P ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Vincent Connolly
Harold Vincent "Hal" Connolly (August 1, 1931 – August 18, 2010) was an American athlete and hammer thrower from Somerville, Massachusetts. He won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Connolly became the first American to throw hammer more than 200 feet. He set his first of six world records just prior to the 1956 Olympics, and held the world record for nearly 10 years. After his gold medal, Connolly competed in three more Olympics, finishing eighth in 1960, sixth in 1964 and not qualifying for the final in 1968. In 1972, he finished fifth in the United States trials and failed to make the team. Connolly sustained severe nerve damage to his left arm during birth, prohibiting the limb from ever developing properly. He fractured it 13 times as a child. His left arm grew to be four and a half inches shorter than his right and his left hand two-thirds the size of his right. ''The New York Times'' noted, "When he won his Olympic gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parry O'Brien
William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien (January 28, 1932 – April 21, 2007) was an American shot put champion. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic competition (1964) he placed fourth. For all of these accomplishments, O'Brien was inducted into the IAAF and U.S. Olympic halls of fame. Biography Born in Santa Monica, California, Parry was very active in sports at Santa Monica High School, playing end on the football team that won the California state championship in 1948. He was then awarded an athletic scholarship in football to the University of Southern California. He also won the (non-standard for high schoolers) 16-pound shot put competition at the 1949 CIF California State Meet. He also finished in third place that year putting the standard 12-pound shot for high schoolers. O'Brien enrolled in college at U.S.C., where he continued to play football as a freshman until he was kick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Bell (athlete)
Gregory Curtis Bell (born November 7, 1930) is a former track and field athlete who won the Gold Medal in the Long Jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He won three national AAU championships, two NCAA Championships, earned NCAA All-American status three times and was a four-time national AAU All-American. From 1956–1958, he was ranked first in the world in the long jump. He set an NCAA record in the long jump, which stood for seven years, and is a charter member of both the Indiana Track and Field and IU Athletic halls of fame. Bell was inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1988. Following his appearance in the Summer Olympics, he worked as director of dentistry at Logansport State Hospital for over 50 years and retired on 30 May 2020. Championships * 1955 AAU: Long Jump (1st) * 1956 Olympics: Long Jump – 7.83 m (1st) * 1956 NCAA: Long Jump – (1st) * 1957 NCAA: Long Jump – 8.10 m (1st) * 1957 Penn Rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
