Word: burleson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mile was billed as the biggest track event of the season, a duel at Modesto, Calif, between Australia's Herb Elliott, the best in the world, and lanky Dyrol Burleson, the best in the U.S. But five minutes before starting time Elliott withdrew because of a strained knee tendon, and suddenly Burleson was left with no one to whip but a bunch of also-rans, including a distance runner named Jim Beatty, 25, who felt so out of place in the event that he frankly said: "I'm no miler...
...absorb the punishing training of Mihaly Igloi, the expert Hungarian coach who defected to the U.S. after the 1956 Olympics. At 5 ft. 6 in., 128 Ibs., Beatty last week seemed to be taking two bustling steps to every smooth stride of the 6-ft. 1-in., 155-lb. Burleson as he followed Coach Igloi's orders to lead his rival through the first lap in the brisk time...
Going into the gun lap, Beatty still had his lead. Then the packed stands began to bellow as Burleson started his famed finishing rush. Coming off the last turn, Burleson was just 2 yds. behind when Beatty, grinning with delight, spurted like a sprinter to finish 6 yds. in front. His time: 3:58, for the fastest mile ever run by an American...
Despite his record breaking, the easygoing history major (B-minus grades) has never yet really been pushed, has finished some races looking back at the field with a laugh on his face. At the Olympics in Rome this summer, Burleson will get plenty of pushing from such stars as Czechoslovakia's Stanislav Jungwirth (3:38.1 for the 1,500 meters) and Australia's Herb Elliott, record holder of the mile (3:54.5) and 1,500 meters (3:36). Says the confident Burleson: "If I can keep within 20 yards of the leader of a race, I figure...
...Puffing mightily, Los Angeles' Parry O'Brien, 27, put the 16-lb. shot 63 ft. 1 in. to break his own indoor world record by a whopping 11¼ in., share meet honors with Miler Burleson (see above). In Manhattan, The Bronx's heavily girdered (6 ft. 2 in., 245 Ibs.) Gary Gubner, 17 (TIME, Jan. 25), finally found a gym big enough for his liking, snapped the national high school indoor record for the 12-lb. shot by 8 in. with a heave...