Glenn “Jeep” Davis, and eight-time Big Ten champion in hurdles with Ohio State and three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, died this week at the age of 74. Davis won Gold in the 400m hurdles in the 1956 Melbourne Games as well as the 400m hurdles and 1600m relay in Rome in 1960. He also holds the Ohio State records for the outdoor 50-yard hurdles (6.1 seconds).
After the Olympics, Davis settled in Barberton, just outside of Akron, Ohio, where he was a high school teacher and coach for 33 years.
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