Harrison Dillard

Harrison Dillard, nicknamed Bones, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 8 July 1923 and died on 15 November 2019. An American track and field athlete, he is the only man in Olympic history to win gold in both the 100 metres and the 110 metres hurdles, which made him the World's Fastest Man in 1948 and the World's Fastest Hurdler in 1952. He served in the all-black 92nd Infantry Division, known as the Buffalo Soldiers, before returning to Baldwin-Wallace College, and between June 1947 and June 1948 he was unbeaten in 82 consecutive finals. At the 1948 trials he failed to qualify in the hurdles but made the 100 m team, and he won that final in the first photo finish used at an Olympic Games. He added relay golds in 1948 and 1952 for four Olympic titles, later worked for the Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland school district, and was the oldest living American Olympic gold medalist when he died aged 96.