Paul Drayton (athlete)
{{short description|American sprinter (1939–2010)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=
|image=Paul Drayton, Henry Carr, Edwin Roberts 1964.jpg
| image_size =260px
|caption=Paul Drayton (left) at the 1964 Olympics
|birth_date=May 8, 1939
|death_date=March 2, 2010 (aged 70)
|birth_place=Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
|death_place=Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Sprint running
|club= U.S. Army
Villanova Wildcats
|pb=100 yd – 9.3 (1961)
100 m – 10.2 (1962)
200 m – 20.55 (1962)
440 yd – 47.2 (1964)
|alma_mater=
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country | the {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1964 Tokyo | 200 m}}
}}
Otis Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American sprint runner.
Career
He was an AAU champion in the {{convert|220|yd|abbr=on}} sprint from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he was a member of the world record of 39.1 seconds setting American 4 × 100 m relay team, and equaled the 200 m world record of 20.5 s in 1962. At the 1964 Olympics, Drayton won a silver medal in the 200 m and ran the opening leg for the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a world record at 39.06 seconds.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/paul-drayton-1.html Paul Drayton]. Sports Reference.com
In retirement, Drayton lived with his wife near Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as deputy project director for the city's Division of Recreation and then at the sheriff's department. He died on March 2, 2010, of a pulmonary embolism following cancer surgery.{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/03/former_cleveland_olympian_paul.html|title=Cleveland Olympian Paul Drayton dies at age 70 from cancer|date=March 2, 2010|publisher=cleveland.com|access-date=March 2, 2010}}
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Men|1964}}
{{Footer US NC 200m Men}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1964 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:American male sprinters
Category:World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Deaths from cancer in Ohio
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Sportspeople from Glen Cove, New York
Category:Track and field athletes from Nassau County, New York
Category:Deaths from pulmonary embolism
Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Military personnel from New York (state)
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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