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Encyclopedia > Dean Smith (athlete)
Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1952 Helsinki 4x100m relay

Finis Dean Smith (born January 15, 1932) is a former American athlete and stuntman, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. ... // Milestones Emil Zatopek (TCH) won the 5 000m, the 10 000m and then went on to win a third gold medal in his first marathon, this perform is still unique up to now. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Typical outdoor red rubber track For the American League baseball team based in Oakland, California see Oakland Athletics. ... Stuntman refers to any of several types of skilled performers. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre (in the U.S., chiefly meter) is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. ...


Born in Breckenridge, Texas, Dean Smith won the AAU championships in 100 m in 1952. Breckenridge is a city located in Stephens County, Texas. ... - The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in United States. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


At the Helsinki Olympics, Smith was fourth in the 100 m and ran the leadoff leg for American gold medal winning 4x100 m relay team. Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...


After graduating from University of Texas at Austin, Smith played professional football for the Los Angeles Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers. After his sports career, Smith performed as a professional rodeo cowboy and stuntman in various Western movies as The Alamo, The Comanceros, How The West Was Won, McClintock, Rio Conchos, Big Jake, and El Dorado. He also appeared in such Western TV shows as Tales of Wells Fargo, Maverick, Gunsmoke, Lawman, Have Gun Will Travel, and Walker, Texas Ranger. The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... The St. ... City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Team colors Black and Gold Head Coach Bill Cowher Owner Dan Rooney Local radio Flagship stations: WDVE (102. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... Typically, The Alamo refers to the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, in direct reference to a building refered to as the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. ... Movie poster of 1962s How the West Was Won. ... McClintock is a name that may refer to: Barbara McClintock, the Nobel prize for Medicine. ... The Rio Conchos is a large river in Chihuahua, Mexico. ... Big Jake is a 1971 Western film, starring John Wayne and directed by George Sherman. ... El Dorado (sometimes spelled Eldorado) is a mythical city of gold (sometimes called the Lost City of Gold) which was thought to be located somewhere in the Americas, more specifically South America. ... Maverick is a comedy-western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and featured James Garner, Roger Moore, and Jack Kelly as poker-playing travelling gamblers. ... The cast of radios Gunsmoke: Howard McNear (Doc), William Conrad (Matt), Georgia Ellis (Kitty) and Parley Baer (Chester) Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. ... Lawman was a western television series telecast from 1958 to 1962 that featured John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. ... Have Gun, Will Travel was a popular American television Western that aired from on CBS 1957 through 1963. ... Walker, Texas Ranger was an American action/drama television series that aired on CBS from April 1993 to May 2001. ...


Dean Smith is a member of the Stuntman's Hall of Fame. In 1997 he was named "All American Cowboy" and in 1998 he received a Golden Boot Award. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Golden Boot Awards honor actors, actresses, and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and movies. ...

Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay
1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth
1920 United States Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey
1924 United States Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey
1928 United States Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah & Henry Russell
1932 United States Robert Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff
1936 United States Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff
1948 United States Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton
1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield
1956 United States Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow
1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer
1964 United States Otis Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes
1968 United States Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines
1972 United States Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart
1976 United States Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick
1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev
1984 United States Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis
1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin
1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis
1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey
2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene
2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis

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Dean Smith (athlete) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (472 words)
Finis Dean Smith (born January 15, 1932) is a former American athlete and stuntman, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Born in Breckenridge, Texas, Dean Smith won the AAU championships in 100 m in 1952.
Dean Smith is a member of the Stuntman's Hall of Fame.
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