Tuesday, April 27, 2010

April 27 Birthdays

1940
Dyrol Burleson, United States, middle-distance runner. Burleson won the 1959 (Chicago) Pan-American Games 1,500m, running 3:49.1. The following year he became an Olympian for the first time, finishing sixth in the 1960 (Rome) Olympic Games 1,500m in an American record time of 3:40.9. Burleson also set American records in the one-mile run of 3:58.6 (1960) and 3:57.6 (1961). He returned to the Olympics in 1964 (Tokyo), finishing fifth in the 1,500m (3:40.0).

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