Dink Templeton
 Dink Templeton in 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 27, 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Helena, Montana, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | August 7, 1962 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Palo Alto, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Templeton at the 1920 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics, rugby union | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, high jump, pole vault, hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Stanford Cardinal | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | LJ – 7.085 m (1920) HJ – 1.935 m (1920) 110 mH – 15.6 (1914)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Lyman "Dink " Templeton (May 27, 1897 – August 7, 1962) was an American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist in rugby union, college football player, and track coach.
Personal
Templeton was born in Helena, Montana, and attended Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California.[4] He attended Stanford University, where he played on the football and rugby union teams. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford.
Olympics
In 1920, Templeton was on the United States Olympic team in rugby and the long jump. He was handicapped in his best event, the high jump, because he normally used the Western roll jumping style, which was considered illegal at that time.[4] In the long jump, he finished out of the medals in fourth place, but the U.S. rugby team upset France to win the gold medal.[4][5][2]
Track coach
In 1922, Templeton returned to Stanford as its track coach, a position he held until 1939. During his tenure as coach, Stanford won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in 1925, 1928, and 1934, and Stanford athletes won 19 individual titles.[4] He was noted at the time for conducting intensive daily practices, an uncommon practice at that time.[4] He later coached at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.[4]
Later life
Templeton also had a career as a journalist and broadcaster.[4] For his coaching, he was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1976,[4] and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching and as a football player.
References
- ^ "History". Olympic Club. 29 May 1985. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ a b Dink Templeton. sports-reference.com
- ^ Richard Lyman 'Dink' Templeton. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Robert Lyman (Dink) Templeton". USATF.com. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Dink Templeton". databaseOlympics. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
External links
- profile on ESPN Scrum
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- 1897 births
- 1962 deaths
- American football fullbacks
- American high jumpers
- American long jumpers
- American rugby union players
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic rugby union players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Stanford Cardinal coaches
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- United States international rugby union players
- College track and field coaches in the United States
- People from Helena, Montana
- Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California
- Players of American football from California