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Harrison Dillard
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Harrison Dillard, born William Harrison Dillard on 8 July 1923 in Cleveland, was an American sprinter and athletics competitor. He was educated at Baldwin Wallace University, served in the United States Army, and competed in athletics for the United States, taking part in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He died on 15 November 2019 in Cleveland of stomach cancer, from natural causes.
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Key facts
- Full name
- William Harrison Dillard
- Born
- ( 1923-07-08 ) July 8, 1923, Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15) (aged 96), Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Weight
- 152 lb (69 kg)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- 100 m, 200 m, 110 m, 400 m hurdles
- Club
- Baldwin-Wallace College
- Personal best s
- 100 m – 10.50 (1948), 200 m – 20.8 (1948), 110 mH – 13.6 (1948) , 400 mH – 53.7 (1942)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Cleveland
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 69
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Harrison Dillard 1952.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Harrison Dillard
- date of birth
- 1923-07-08
- sports discipline competed in
- sprinting
- date of death
- 2019-11-15
- name in native language
- Harrison Dillard
- birth name
- William Harrison Dillard
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/obituaries/harrison-dillard-dead.html
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- end of work period
- 1953-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt with Harrison Dillard holding the 1948 London Olympics torch, August 1, 2012.
William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (July 8, 1923 – November 15, 2019) was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952.
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