FORT MYERS, Fla. ” Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and fields biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s, died Monday. He was 71. Oerter died ...

Al Oerter, 71, a discus-throwing sensation who won gold medals in four consecutive Olympics, broke numerous world records and was one of track and field's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s, died ...

Al Oerter, who died yesterday at 71, won gold medals in four successive Olympics and set a record in his event, the discus, each time. For many, the enduring image of Oerter will be his Olympic record ...

~ The thrower won gold medals in four consecutive Olympics. FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and field's biggest ...

And talk about winning mindset - Melbourne, 1956; Rome, 1960; Tokyo, 1964; Mexico City, 1968. In four, straight Olympic Games, an American won the gold medal in the discus. Each time, it was the same ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Al Oerter was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. "I could throw a baseball, a football or a ...

From Melbourne 1956 to Mexico City to 1968, Al Oerter won the men's Olympic Discus competition. Only two athletes since (Michael Phelps and Carl Lewis) have successfully won the same event four times.

Check out Leila Dunbar’s appraisal of a 1956 - 1968 Al Oerter Olympic collection in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 3. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and field's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s, died Monday of heart failure. He ...