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Dick Attlesey

Dick Attlesey (Richard Harold Attlesey, 1929-1984), American USC high hurdler, world 110m/120y hurdles record holder at 13.5 (1950), world No. 1 in 1950-51, 55-race win streak, missed 1952 Olympics through injury.

Dick Blick

Dick Blick (Richard Adolph Blick), American swimmer born 1940 in Los Angeles; won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics in world-record time 8:10.2, and won 11 NAIA titles at North Central College.

Dick Boushka

Dick Boushka (Richard James Boushka, 1934–2019), American basketball forward, Saint Louis University All-American, 1956 Olympic and 1959 Pan Am gold medalist, later Vickers Petroleum president.

Dick Butkus

Dick Butkus (1942-2023), Chicago Bears middle linebacker 1965-1973, Hall of Fame 1979, eight Pro Bowls, 22 interceptions; widely called the most ferocious defender in NFL history.

Dick Button

Dick Button (Richard Totten Button, 1929-2025), American figure skater; two-time Olympic gold medalist (1948, 1952), first to land a double axel and triple jump in competition, later Emmy-winning ABC skating commentator.

Dick Cleveland

Richard Fitch "Dick" Cleveland (1929–2002), Hawaiian-born American sprint freestyle swimmer, Ohio State All-American, 1952 Olympian, 1951 Pan Am triple gold medalist, and first swimmer to use heavy weight training.

Dick Davies

Dick Davies (Richard Allen Davies, 1936–2012) was an American basketball guard from LSU and the Goodyear Wingfoots who won gold with the United States at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, beating the Soviet Union 72–59 in the final.

Dick Degener

Dick Degener (Richard Kempster Degener, 1912-1995), American springboard diver: 1932 Olympic bronze and 1936 Olympic gold in men's 3m springboard, multiple AAU, NCAA, and Big Ten titles, ISHOF inductee 1971.

Dick Eve

Dick Eve (Richmond Cavill Eve, 1901-1970), Australian diver of the Cavill swimming family; won gold in plain high diving at Paris 1924, fifth in springboard; later Manly baths manager and Eve Rocker inventor.

Dick Fosbury

Dick Fosbury (1947-2023), American high jumper, won 1968 Mexico City Olympic gold at 2.24 m using his backward, head-first "Fosbury flop", which became the universal high jump technique.

Dick Francis

Dick Francis (1920-2010), British steeplechase jockey and crime novelist; rode for the Queen Mother, Devon Loch's 1956 Grand National collapse, then wrote Dead Cert and 40-plus racing thrillers, three Edgars, CBE.

Dick Grant

Dick Grant was a Canadian marathon runner who finished sixth in the 1900 Paris Olympic marathon and was runner-up at the 1899 Boston Marathon in his personal best of 2:57:46.

Dick Gunn

Dick Gunn (Richard Kenneth Gunn, 1871-1961), British amateur boxer, 1908 London Olympic featherweight gold medalist and oldest ever Olympic boxing champion at 37 years 254 days; three-time ABA champion 1894-96.

Dick Hanley

Dick Hanley (Richard Dennis Hanley, 1936–2022), American freestyle swimmer; 1956 Melbourne Olympic silver medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, fifth in the 100 m free, and 200 m freestyle world record holder (2:01.5, 1957).

Dick Hyland

Dick Hyland (Frank William Hyland, Jr., 1900-1981), American rugby player who won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics, later a Stanford football halfback, Hollywood technical director, and Los Angeles sportswriter.

Dick Joyce

Dick Joyce (Richard John Joyce), New Zealand rower born 1946 in Wellington, won Olympic gold in the coxed four at Mexico City 1968 and the men's eight at Munich 1972; distinct from the 1965 baseball pitcher Dick Joyce.

Dick Landon

Dick Landon (Richmond Wilcox Landon; 1898–1971) was an American high jumper who won the 1920 Olympic gold medal at Antwerp, setting an Olympic record, and competed for Yale.

Dick LeBeau

Dick LeBeau (Charles Richard LeBeau), born 1937, is an American former football player and coach, a Hall of Fame Lions cornerback and creator of the zone blitz.

Dick Meredith

Dick Meredith (Richard Otis Meredith, 1932-2025), American ice hockey wing and Minnesota Gopher; won 1956 Olympic silver and 1960 Olympic gold with the United States, then worked for the Minnesota North Stars.

Dick Murdoch

Dick Murdoch (Hoyt Richard Murdoch, 1946–1996), Texan pro wrestler, half of The Texas Outlaws with Dusty Rhodes, WWF Tag Team Champion with Adrian Adonis, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame 2013.

Dick Murphy

Dick Murphy (Richard Frederick Murphy, 1931-2023), American Naval Academy rower who won gold in the men's eights at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; distinct from baseball, basketball, and boxing namesakes.

Dick Parke

Dick Parke (Richard Averell Parke, 1893-1950), American bobsledder and Cornell graduate who won 1928 St. Moritz Olympic gold in the five-man event with Billy Fiske's recruited, inexperienced USA 2 crew.

Dick Pound

Dick Pound (Richard Pound), Canadian lawyer, Rome 1960 Olympic swimmer, IOC member since 1978, founding WADA president 1999-2007, architect of the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC's TOP sponsorship program.

Dick Quax

Dick Quax (Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus Quax, 1948–2018), Dutch-born New Zealand distance runner; 1976 Olympic 5000m silver, 1970 Commonwealth 1500m silver, 1977 5000m world record 13:12.86, later coach and Auckland councillor.

Dick Rodenhiser

Dick Rodenhiser (Richard Peter Rodenhiser, born 1932, Malden, Massachusetts), American ice hockey center; Boston University All-American; won 1956 Olympic silver at Cortina d'Ampezzo and 1960 Olympic gold at Squaw Valley; later Loring Arena manager.

Dick Roth

Dick Roth (Richard William Roth, 1947–2025), American swimmer who won the first Olympic 400 m individual medley at Tokyo 1964 in a world-record 4:45.4 while recovering from appendicitis; later a Hall of Fame honoree.

Dick Sargeant

Dick Sargeant (James Fred Robert Sargeant, born 1936, Kobe, Japan) is an Australian Olympic sailor, gold medalist in the 5.5-metre class on Barrenjoey at Tokyo 1964, Australia's first sailing gold, and fourth in the Flying Dutchman at Mexico City 1968; also 1962 America's Cup Gretel crew.