Ed Caruthers
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Full name | Edward Julius Caruthers Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 13, 1945 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | (age 76)|||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Julius Caruthers Jr. (born April 13, 1945) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the men's high jump event during his career.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he competed for the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where and when he won the silver medal in the men's high jump event. Dick Fosbury, whose new jumping style went on to revolutionize the sport, won the gold medal. Ed. Caruthers also was a member of the 1964 US Olympic Team with an 8th-place finish in the high jump.
Caruthers was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 12th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft as a defensive back from the University of Arizona.[1]
References[]
- ^ "1968 Detroit Lions Draft". footballdb.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
External links[]
- Profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Caruthers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
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- Living people
- 1945 births
- American male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Oklahoma City
- Track and field athletes from Oklahoma
- Players of American football from Oklahoma
- American football defensive backs
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Arizona Wildcats men's track and field athletes
- Arizona Wildcats football players
- Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
- American masters athletes
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs