Larry Black (sprinter)
![]() Larry Black in 1972 | ||||||||||||
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Born | (1951-07-20)July 20, 1951 Miami, Florida, United States | |||||||||||
Died | February 8, 2006(2006-02-08) (aged 54) Miami, Florida, United States | |||||||||||
Alma mater | North Carolina Central University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 100–400 m | |||||||||||
Club | North Carolina Central University | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100 yd – 9.3 (1974) 200 m – 20.19 (1972) 440 yd – 46.6 (1970) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Larry Jeffery "Mutt" Black (July 20, 1951 – February 8, 2006) was an American sprinter, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[1]
Black was born in Miami, Florida, and graduated from Miami Killian Senior High with a scholarship to North Carolina Central University. Larry's coach at Miami Killian was Leroy Daniels. While studying there he won the NCAA 220 yd (200 m) championships in 1971. At the 1972 Olympics, Black ran the opening leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team. The team won a gold medal and equaled the United States' own world record of 38.19 seconds. His cousin Gerald Tinker, also from the Miami area (rival Coral Gables High School), ran the third leg in that same gold medal winning race.[1]
After retiring from sport Black returned to Miami and became director of its parks and recreation department.[1] He died from an aneurysm in Miami on February 8, 2006, at the age of 54.
References
- ^ a b c Larry Black. sports-reference.com
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- 1912:
David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, Willie Applegarth (GBR)
- 1920:
Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey (USA)
- 1924:
Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey, Al LeConey (USA)
- 1928:
Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah, Henry Russell (USA)
- 1932:
Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff (USA)
- 1936:
Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff (USA)
- 1948:
Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton (USA)
- 1952:
Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield (USA)
- 1956:
Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow (USA)
- 1960:
Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer (EUA)
- 1964:
Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes (USA)
- 1968:
Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines (USA)
- 1972:
Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart (USA)
- 1976:
Harvey Glance, Lam Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick (USA)
- 1980:
Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrey Prokofyev (URS)
- 1984:
Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA)
- 1988:
Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin (URS)
- 1992:
Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis, James Jett (USA)
- 1996:
Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN)
- 2000:
Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene, Tim Montgomery, Kenny Brokenburr (USA)
- 2004:
Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)
- 2008:
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson, Aaron Armstrong (TTO)
- 2012:
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Bailey-Cole (JAM)
- 2016:
Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Jevaughn Minzie, Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM)
- 2020:
Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu (ITA)
- 2024:
Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse (CAN)
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