William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien was an American shot put champion. Born in Santa Monica, California, he competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic competition (1964) he placed fourth. For this, he is inducted in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. In the early 1950s, O'Brien developed a new method for throwing the 16-pound shotput. Wikipedia
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On May 8, 1954, two days after Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, O'Brien became the first person to put the shot more than 60 feet. www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=123
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