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 ...

~ 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 ...

The greatest competitor ever to compete in the discus, Al Oerter participated in four Olympics, always as the underdog, and always came out the winner. Each time, he set an Olympic record in the event ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.