AAU Sullivan Award Winner and Oldest Living U.S. Olympic Champion Passes at 96
November 18, 2019
November 18, 2019
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 18 -- The Amateur Athletic Union issued the following news:
Harrison Dillard, the former Buffalo Soldier and only Olympic runner to win gold medals in both the sprints and high hurdles, has died. He was 96.
Longtime friend Ted Theodore said Dillard died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic after a fight with stomach cancer. The 1955 AAU James E. Sullivan Award winner as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete, Dillard was the oldest living U.S. Olympic . . .
Harrison Dillard, the former Buffalo Soldier and only Olympic runner to win gold medals in both the sprints and high hurdles, has died. He was 96.
Longtime friend Ted Theodore said Dillard died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic after a fight with stomach cancer. The 1955 AAU James E. Sullivan Award winner as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete, Dillard was the oldest living U.S. Olympic . . .