Jack Yerman
Yerman with his son, circa 1963 | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jack Lloyd Yerman | ||||||||||||||
Born | February 5, 1939 (1939-02-05) (age 85) Oroville, California | ||||||||||||||
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Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is an American former athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4 × 400 m relay team.[1]
He won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals. Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American 4 × 400 m relay team and set a new world record of 3:02.2.[2]
Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl.[3] Previously he ran for Woodland High School in Woodland, California, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet.[4]
Yerman lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
He is a Latter-day Saint.[5] Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.[6]
World records
- Mile Relay
- 1600 Meter Relay
- Two Mile Relay
- Distance Medley Relay
- Indoor 400 Meter short track
- 660 yard sprint (unofficial)
Major events
- Olympic Gold Medal – 1600 meter relay 1960
- Rose Bowl 1960
- Pan American Games
- (only Jack Yerman and Bob Mathias have accomplished all three of the above)
- First US-USSR dual meet, 1958
- Two Time Donkey Derby Champion
References
- ^ "United States – 1960 Summer Olympic Medals". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ "Jack Yerman Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ "Cal sports hall of fame list". Big C (Sport). Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present".
- ^ Turino Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LDS Church Almanac, 2009 Edition, p. 326
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1906–7: E.B. Parsons
- 1908–9: Mel Sheppard
- 1910: Harry Gissing
- 1911: Abel Kiviat
- 1912: not held
- 1913: Abel Kiviat
- 1914–5: Tom Halpin
- 1916: Bill Bingham
- 1917: Earl Eby
- 1918: Marvin Gustavson
- 1919: Jack Sellars
- 1920: Earl Eby
- 1921: F. L. Murray
- 1922: Sid Leslie
- 1923: Earl Eby
- 1924: Walter Mulvihill
- 1925: Vincent Lally
- 1926: Horatio Fitch
- 1927: George Leness
- 1928–31: Phil Edwards (CAN)
- 1932: Alex Wilson (CAN)
- 1933–5: Milton Sandler
- 1936–7: Eddie O'Brien
- 1938: Jimmy Herbert
- 1939–40: Charles Belcher
- 1941: Jimmy Herbert
- 1942: Roy Cochran
- 1943: Lewis Smith
- 1944: Robert Ufer
- 1945–6: Elmore Harris
- 1947: George Guida
- 1948–9: Dave Bolen
- 1950–1: Hugo Maiocco
- 1952: Charles Moore
- 1953: Mal Whitfield
- 1954: Reggie Pearman
- 1955: Charles Jenkins
- 1956: Lou Jones
- 1957–8: Charles Jenkins
- 1959: Josh Culbreath
- 1960: Tom Murphy
- 1961: Eddie Southern
- 1962: Bill Crothers
- 1963: Jack Yerman
- 1964: Charles Buchta
- 1965: Jack Yerman
- 1966: Theron Lewis
- 1967: Jim Kemp
- 1968–70: Martin McGrady
- 1971: Andrzej Badenski
- 1972: Lee Evans
- 1973: Fred Newhouse
- 1974–5: Wes Williams
- 1976–7: Fred Sowerby (ANT)
- 1978: Stan Vinson
- 1979: Mike Solomon (TTO)
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Mark Enyeart
- 1981: Mike Solomon (TTO)
- 1982: Fred Sowerby (ANT)
- 1983: Eugene Sanders
- 1984: Mark Rowe
- 1985–6: Elvis Forde (BAR)
- 1987: Ian Morris (TTO)
- 1988: Ken Lowery
- 1989: Mark Rowe
- 1990: David Patrick
- 1991: Andrew Valmon
- 1992: Mark Everett
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Mark Everett
- 1994-2014: not held
- 2015: Casimir Loxsom
- 2017: Erik Sowinski
- 2019: Donavan Brazier