Gaylord Damian "Gay" Bryan (May 1, 1927 – April 25, 2015) was a male

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and

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er from the United States, who competed in the 1940s and 1950s for his native country. Bryan set his personal best in the men's long jump event (7.74 metres) on April 9, 1949, at a meet in Westwood. He failed to qualify for the

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(1948 and 1952) during his career. He won the

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in the long jump at the

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and was a four-time national champion in the triple jump. Bryan competed collegiately for

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and is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.

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1927 births 2015 deaths American male long jumpers American male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games {{US-triplejump-athletics-bio-stub