A Chance To Dare

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Happy birthday today (Saturday) to an Olympic champion who also won a NCAA championship as well as AAU championships. This athlete set world records indoors and outdoors and won the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Our birthday athlete authored a biography called "A Chance To Dare" and won the Olympic gold medal in a country which is slightly larger in area than the state of Arizona.

Can you name this famous Olympic champion who turns 75 years old today?

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Re: A Chance To Dare

Nice job oldvaulter. It was Don Bragg who turned 75 years old yesterday (Saturday).

[Pego]

Re: A Chance To Dare

I had thought of Bragg, but said to myself, "Italy is not bigger than Arizona, cannot be". So much for my grasp of geography ops: . Of course, I never heard of the book, either.

[dukehjsteve]

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oldvaulter, re your query above above Calhoun, yes, he did indeed win in 1960 ( and 1956 too ) and he did tie a wr with a 13.2, tied Lauer's 13.2 from the prior year. I believe also in 1960... somewhere in Switzerland... Berne maybe ?