Word: spurrier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Templeton's disciples flocked to meet him once again. Besides McCurdy, 1937 Pacific Coast 880 champ, there was Lonnie Spurrier, first-year Business School student who set a world's record in the 880 while running for Templeton's San Francisco Athletic Club in 1955. Guinn Smith, assistant Dean of the Business School, came over to see the coach who guided him to the 1948 Olympic pole vault championship...
...vaulters, 3) the fastest 400-meter and no-meter hurdlers on earth, and 4) a sprinter who can run as fast as Jesse Owens. In this sudden-death competition, two other 1952 Olympic winners (Harrison Dillard and Lindy Remigino) failed even to qualify, and one world-record holder (Lon Spurrier) could only make third place...