caption country coach event club birth_place weight nationality height sport birth_date image article_title name collegeteam
otis davis in 2012 us bill bowerman 400-meter dash 4 × 400 m relay philadelphia pioneer club tuscaloosa , alabama 74 kg lb on american 1.85 m ftin on track and field 12 july 1932 3.22.12otisdavisbyluiginovi3.jpg otis davis
 otis davis university of oregon
otis davis

`` for the baseball player , see otis davis -lrb- baseball -rrb- '' otis crandall davis -lrb- born july 12 , 1932 -rrb- is a former american athlete , winner of two gold medals for record-breaking performances in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the 1960 summer olympics .
in addition to setting a new world record of 44.9 seconds , davis ' victory in the 400 m event made him the first man to break the heralded 45-second barrier .
