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| Full name | Richard Burke Deaver | |||||||||||||
| Born | February 7, 1931 (age 92) Huntington Park, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||
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Richard Burke "Dick" Deaver (born February 7, 1931) is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Huntington Park, California. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lowell North and Charles Rogers. [1]
Richard Vaughn "Dick" Stebbins is an American former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Richard Cochran is a retired American track athlete.
Richard "Dick" Wayne Howard was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.
Richard Leo "Dick" Dougherty was an ice hockey player. He led the United States to a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. Dougherty was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a brother of Phi Gamma Delta. Dougherty died November 23, 2016, at the age of 84.
Richard McTaggart, MBE is a Scottish retired amateur boxer. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the lightweight division and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. In 1956 he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category, but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej. McTaggart won the British ABA title in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965, and retired with a record of 610 wins out of 634 bouts.
Richard William Roth is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. He swam in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the gold medal for his first-place finish in the men's 400-meter individual medley, setting a new world record of 4:45.4 in the event final. Shortly before the individual medley final, Roth suffered an appendicitis, but refused an immediate operation. He insisted the surgeons delay to allow him to swim in the final, and won the gold medal as a result.
Richard Adolph Blick is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He competed in North Central College Swim Club. He later competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
Richard Carroll "Dick" Connor is a diver from the United States and Olympic bronze medalist. He represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a bronze medal.
Richard Frederick "Dick" Murphy is an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in New Jersey. Murphy won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1952 Summer Olympics, as a member of the American team.
Richard Arthur "Dick" Draeger is an American rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
James Frederick Richard "Dick" Sargeant is an Australian sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class.
Richard James Boushka was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Springfield, Illinois, Boushka played collegiately at Saint Louis University.
Richard Davis Johnstone was a New Zealand track and road cyclist who participated in the 1964 Summer Olympic games, the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games.
Richard Dennis Hanley is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he received a silver medal for swimming the lead-off leg for the runner-up U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
Richard Irving "Dick" Stearns, III was an American competitive sailor and Olympic and Pan American Games medalist.
Charles Sinclair "Charlie" Rogers is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lowell North and Richard Deaver.
Richard Anthony "Dick" Rydze is an American former diver who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Rydze was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He competed in diving at the University of Michigan and won his silver medal while obtaining his MD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also served as one of the team doctors for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1985 until June 2007.
Richard Francis Ploog was an Australian cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.
Richard John "Dick" Bruggeman is an American hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Richard Lewis Hart was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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