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Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4×400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jack Yerman was sixth in 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4×400 m relay team.
Yerman won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford in 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he reached only to the semifinals. But Yerman won a gold medal, as a lead-off runner, in the American 4×400 m relay team with a new world record of 3.02.2.
Yerman also played football for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl.
Yerman currently lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
Yerman is a Latter-day Saint.[1]
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Superjack.jpg
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Olympic champions in men's 4×400 m relay |
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1908 United States: (medley) William F. Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard · 1912 United States: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath · 1920 Great Britain: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler · 1924 United States: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson · 1928 United States: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti · 1932 United States: Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr · 1936 Great Britain: Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown · 1948 United States: Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield · 1952 Jamaica: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden · 1956 United States: Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney · 1960 United States: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis · 1964 United States: Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr · 1968 United States: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans · 1972 Kenya: Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang · 1976 United States: Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks · 1980 Soviet Union: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin · 1984 United States: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay · 1988 United States: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds · 1992 United States: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis · 1996 United States: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank · 2000 United States: Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson · 2004 United States: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson
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