Dick Cochran
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Dick Cochran (born 23 June 1938) is a retired American discus thrower.
He competed won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, behind fellow Americans Al Oerter and Rink Babka. A native of Brookfield, Missouri, Cochran won two NCAA discus championships in 1959 and '60. He participated in the 1959 Pan American Games as well. Cochran won Big Eight Conference discus crowns in 1959 and '60, and achieved a track-and-field rarity in 1959, when he was a grand-slam winner in discus, claiming championships in the Texas, Kansas, and Drake Relays.
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