James Leo "Jim" Dillion (May 2, 1929 – September 16, 2010)
auburntigers.com was an American

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er who won a bronze medal at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. Domestically he won the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

title in 1952 and the AAU title in 1952.Jim Dillion
. sports-reference.com After retiring from competitions Dillion became an airplane mechanic and private pilot. In his free time he restored planes and cars together with his son Jimmy.

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American male discus throwers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes 1929 births 2010 deaths Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics People from Plain City, Ohio Track and field athletes from Ohio {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub