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Word: banturn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...recovered; they bore down and won six out of eight events, swept the first three places in four of them. Parry O'Brien, world's best shotputter, got off a 60 ft. 4½ in. toss to stay in front of Teammates Bill Nieder and Ken Banturn. California's Bob Richards and Bob Gutowski cleared 14 ft. 8 in. and George Mattos reached 14 ft. to dominate the pole vault. Lanky Charley Dumas, only man ever to high jump 7 ft. officially, settled for 6 ft. 6 in., two inches ahead of Teammates Phil Reavis and Vern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Greatest U.S. Team Ever | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

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