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    RIP Blaine Lindgren
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    jeremyp
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    10-12-2019 06:18 PM
    Blaine Lindgren, silver medalist in Tokyo, has died in Utah.
    https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sa...&pid=194084445
    Harold Blaine Lindgren, Utah's second Olympian and a Silver Medalist, has died. He was 80.
    Born June 26, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Blaine grew up in Chesterfield, Utah and began playing sports to honor his twin brother who was killed when they were nine. Blaine attended Cyprus High School where he was an all-state football player and undefeated in the high and low hurdles with four state titles.
    After graduating in 1957, Blaine attended the University of Utah where he joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and earned All-American honors before graduating in 1962. Following college, Blaine continued competing for the United States as a 110-meter-high hurdler before winning the Gold medal at the Pan Am Games in 1963 with a new record. After placing third in the Olympic Trials, at age twenty-five Blaine competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games where he won the Silver medal in a photo finish.
    After retiring from the banking industry, Blaine resided in Salem, Utah. He remained a member or board member of local and national sports committees and organizations throughout his life, including the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation. With a passion for sport, Blaine refereed high school and college football for over 35 years and influenced thousands of young athletes during his career.
    In December of 1999, Sports Illustrated listed him as being #10 in The 50 Greatest Sports Figures From Utah.
    Blaine passed away of natural causes peacefully surrounded by family and friends on October 5, 2019.
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    10-12-2019 06:22 PM
    We had a long thread on Lindgren a while back...it wasn't pretty....

    https://trackandfieldnews.com/discus...laine+Lindgren
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    10-12-2019 07:16 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Conor Dary View Post
    We had a long thread on Lindgren a while back...it wasn't pretty....

    https://trackandfieldnews.com/discus...laine+Lindgren

    Let's try to remember the great HHurdlers of yesteryear in a positive light. Dillard/Jack Davis/Calhoun/May/Hayes Jones/Lindgren/Davenport/Milburn etc.
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    10-14-2019 04:09 PM
    I just pulled out my 64 Oly issue of T & F N to re-read the report on the 110...Lindgren says he made a mistake by leaning too soon and praised Jones...nothing is mentioned as to any controversy.
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    10-14-2019 09:57 PM
    Great athlete, great race, glory for the ages. He really had a grace and fluidity over the barriers, beautiful athlete. What more can you ask, rest in peace Blaine, you reside now in the pantheon of greats of the 110H, the best athletes that every graced the planet.
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