- William Dellinger
William ("Bill") Dellinger (born
March 23 ,1934 inGrants Pass, Oregon ) was a three time Olympian. He won a bronze medal in the 5.000 meters at Tokyo in 1964.cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1219202709243040.xml&coll=7&thispage=1|title=Bill Dellinger surged to '64 Olympic bronze and helped put Oregon on track map|last=Binder|first=Doug|date=August 20, 2008|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=2008-08-20] He lettered in track at theUniversity of Oregon in 1954, 1955, and 1956.After retiring, Dellinger was an assistant coach to
Bill Bowerman at theUniversity of Oregon . He became head coach after Bowerman's retirement in 1972. In 25 years as coach, Dellinger won five NCAA titles, coached 108 All Americans, and had a 134-29 meet record.He was extremely instrumental in the development and coaching of Oregon and American great distance starSteve Prefontaine in conjunction with coaching great Bill Bowerman. Dellinger also coached many post-collegians including Olympians Mary Decker Slaney, Alberto Salazar, Don Clary, and many others.Records
Records set by Dellinger: [ [http://www.goducks.com/pdf1/4205.pdf?ATCLID=30960&SPID=243&DB_OEM_ID=500&SPSID=4592 Duck Record Holders] ]
*1956 American Record holder: 5000 meters 14:26.0
*1956 American Record holder: 5000 meters 14:25.5
*1956 American Record holder: 5000 meters 14:16.2
*1958 American Record holder: 1500 meters 3:41.5
*1959 American Record holder (indoors) 2 miles: 8:49.9
*1959 American Record holder (indoors) 3 miles: 13:37.0
*1959 World Record holder (indoors) 2 miles: 8:49.9
*1959 World Record holder (indoors) 3 miles: 13:37.0References
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