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.

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Other websites

 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.

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Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States
Category:American track and field athletes
Category:Sportspeople from Arkansas
Category:Sportspeople from Montana
Category:People from Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Category:People from Whitefish, Montana
Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease