FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Al Oerter was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. "I could throw a baseball, a football or ...

Al Oerter, one of only two track and field competitors to win gold medals in the same event in four consecutive Olympic Games, died Monday of heart failure at a hospital near his home in Fort Myers, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Al Oerter is the greatest discus thrower in Olympic history. There can be no debate about that. Oerter — a native of Astoria, New York — and Carl Lewis are the only Olympic track ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Al Oerter seemingly was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. “I could throw a baseball, a ...

Al Oerter was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. “I could throw a baseball, a football or a golf ball a ...

Al Oerter, the discus thrower who won consecutive gold medals in four straight Olympic Games from 1956 to 1968, has died of heart failure. After track, he began a career as an abstract painter. He was ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. ” Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and fields biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s, died Monday. He was 71. Oerter died ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and fields biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s, died Monday. He was 71. Oerter died ...

Discus great Al Oerter, who won gold medals in four straight Olympics and became one of track and fields biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s, died Monday. He was 71. Oerter died at a hospital near his ...