Jack Lloyd Yerman is a former American athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4�400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4�400 m relay team. Yerman won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals. Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American 4�400 m relay team and set a new world record of 3:02.2. Yerman also played football for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl. Yerman currently lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four. Jack Yerman is a Latter-day Saint. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics. "Your Time Will Come: Jack Yerman and His Incredible Journey to the 1960 Olympics" is a book that relates his story from birth through winning the Gold Medal. See bhyerman.wix.com/books. [More at Wikipedia]

February 5th, 1939 in Oroville (Age 85)