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I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say We'll just have to see.
Dick Fosbury
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Dick Fosbury
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 6
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Richard Douglas Fosbury
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