Paul Drayton (athlete)

Paul Drayton
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Tokyo	4x100 m relay
Silver	1964 Tokyo	200 m

Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American athlete and winner of a gold medal on the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Born Otis Paul Drayton in Glen Cove, New York, Drayton was an AAU champion in the 220 yd (200 m) sprint from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he was a member of the world record of 39.1 seconds setting American 4 x 100 m relay team, and equalled the 200 m world record of 20.5 s in 1962.

At the Tokyo Olympics, Drayton won a silver medal in the 200 m and ran the opening leg for the gold medal winning American 4 x 100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 39.06 seconds.

Drayton died on March 2, 2010, of a pulmonary embolism following cancer surgery.^[1]

References

↑ "Cleveland Olympian Paul Drayton dies at age 70 from cancer". cleveland.com. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.

External links

Paul Drayton's profile at Sports Reference.com

Olympic champions in men's 4×100 metres relay

1912: Great Britain 1920: United States 1924: United States 1928: United States 1932: United States 1936: United States 1948: United States 1952: United States 1956: United States 1960: Germany 1964: United States 1968: United States 1972: United States 1976: United States 1980: Soviet Union 1984: United States 1988: Soviet Union 1992: United States 1996: Canada 2000: United States 2004: Great Britain 2008: Jamaica 2012: Jamaica

1964 United States (Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes)

US National Championship winners in Men's 200m

1876-1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Not held 1877: Edward Merritt 1878: Wm. Willmer

1879-1888 NAAAA	1879-81: Lon Myers 1882-83: Henry Brooks 1884: Lon Myers 1885-86: Malcolm Ford 1887-88^{Note 1}: Fred Westing

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 1889: John Owen 1890: Fred Westing 1891: Luther Cary 1892: Harry Jewett 1893: Charles Stage 1894: Tommy Lee 1895-97: Bernie Wefers 1898: James Maybury 1899: Maxie Long 1900: William Edwards 1901: Frank Sears 1902: Pat Walsh 1903: Archie Hahn 1904: William Hogenson 1905: Archie Hahn 1906: Ralph Young 1907: Harold Huff 1908: W.F. Keating 1909: Waring Dawbarn 1910: Gwin Henry 1911: John Nelson 1912: Alvah Meyer 1913: Howard Drew 1914: Irving Howe 1915: Robert Morse 1916-17: Andy Ward 1918: Loren Murchison 1919: Henry Williams 1920^OT-21: Charles Paddock 1922: Al LeConey 1923: Loren Murchison 1924: Charles Paddock 1925: Jackson Scholz 1926: Tom Sharkey 1927-28^OT: Charles Borah 1929: Eddie Tolan 1930: George Simpson 1931: Eddie Tolan 1932^OT-36: Ralph Metcalfe 1937: Jack Weierhauser 1938: Mack Robinson 1939: Barney Ewell 1940-43: Harold Davis 1944: Charles Parker 1945: Elmore Harris 1946-47: Barney Ewell 1948: Lloyd La Beach (PAN) 1949: Andy Stanfield 1950: Robert Tyler 1951: James Ford 1952-53: Andy Stanfield 1954: Art Bragg 1955: Rod Richard 1956: Thane Baker 1957: Ollan Cassell 1958: Bobby Morrow 1959-60: Ray Norton 1961-63: Paul Drayton 1964: Henry Carr 1965: Adolph Plummer 1966: Jim Hines 1967-68: Tommie Smith 1969: John Carlos 1970: Ben Vaughn 1971: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1972: Chuck Smith 1973: Steve Williams 1974-75: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1976: Millard Hampton 1977: Derald Harris 1978: Clancy Edwards 1979: Dwayne Evans

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: LaMonte King 1981: Jeff Phillips 1982: Calvin Smith 1983: Carl Lewis 1984: Brady Crain 1985: Kirk Baptiste 1986: Floyd Heard 1987: Carl Lewis 1988: Larry Myricks 1989: Floyd Heard 1990-92^OT: Michael Johnson

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Marsh 1994: Ron Clark 1995-96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Jon Drummond 1998: Gentry Bradley 1999: Maurice Greene 2000^OT: John Capel 2001: Shawn Crawford 2002-03: Darvis Patton 2004^OT: Shawn Crawford 2005: Justin Gatlin 2006: Wallace Spearmon 2007: Tyson Gay 2008^OT: Walter Dix 2009: Shawn Crawford 2010: Wallace Spearmon 2011: Walter Dix 2012^OT: Wallace Spearmon 2013: Tyson Gay 2014: Curtis Mitchell

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.