Dick Cochran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American discus thrower
Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1938
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Dick Cochran
- Dick Cochran (born June 23, 1938) is a retired American track athlete. He competed won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, behind fellow Americans Al Oerter and Rink Babka. A native of Brookfield, Missouri, Cochran was on the University of Missouri track and field team.
- He won two NCAA discus championships in 1959 and 1960.
- He participated in the 1959 Pan American Games as well.
- Cochran won Big Eight Conference discus crowns in 1959 and '60, and achieved a track-and-field rarity in 1959, when he was a grand-slam winner in discus, claiming championships in the Texas, Kansas, and Drake Relays.
- Cochran still continues to dominate in discus in the senior Olympic games recently held in Washington state.
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