Dallas Long

Dallas Crutcher Long (June 13, 1940 – November 10, 2024) was an American track and field athlete. He mostly competed in the shot put. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1960 and a gold medal in 1964. He also won a silver medal during the 1959 Pan American Games. Long was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Long died on November 10, 2024 under hospice care in Whitefish, Montana from problems caused by Parkinson's disease at the age of 84.^[1][2]

References

1. "Dallas Long, who won 2 Olympic medals while dominating the shot put in the 1960s, has died at 84". AP News. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
2. "Dallas Long, Record-Setting Shot-Putter, Dies at 84". The New York Times. November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.

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Media related to Dallas Long at Wikimedia Commons

• Image of children watching Dallas Long conduct dental examinations, Los Angeles, California,1965. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.