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Dick Fosbury: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Article revised and updated. Jul 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 08, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 02, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Jan 24, 2024
Noted that he died on March 12, 2023. Mar 13, 2023
Modified age appropriateness: United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum - Dick Fosbury. May 30, 2021
Add new Web site: United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum - Dick Fosbury. Feb 14, 2021
Add new Web site: Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum - Biography of Dick Fosbury. Apr 16, 2013
Add new Web site: USA Track and Field - Biography of Dick Fosbury. Apr 16, 2013
Media added. Feb 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Olympic.org - Biography of Richard Douglas Fosbury. Dec 17, 2007
Added new Web site: Olympic.org - Biography of Richard Douglas Fosbury. Dec 17, 2007
Article revised. Nov 13, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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