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Tom Courtney, Sprinter Who Lunged to Grab Olympic Gold, Dies at 90

In 1956 in Melbourne, he was dueling with another American when an English runner burst toward the finish line. But Courtney had one last surge in him.

Frank Litsky
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Deaths (Obituaries), Fordham University, Harbig, Rudolf, Melbourne (Australia), Olympic Games (1956), Running, Sowell, Arnie, Track and Field
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