Billy Fordjour Explained

Billy Fordjour
Full Name:	William Fordjour
Nationality:	Ghanaian
Sport:	Middle-distance running
Event:	1500 metres
Birth Date:	26 March 1948

William Fordjour (born 26 March 1948) is a Ghanaian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics but collided with the United States' Jim Ryun as both trailed in the last 500 metres of a preliminary heat on September 8 and did not qualify for the final.^{[1] [2]} He was a senior at Howard Payne College at the time of the race.

Notes and References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/09/archives/jim-ryun-falls-and-fails-to-qualify-in-1500-ryun-falls-fails-in-a.html "Jim Ryun Falls and Fails to Qualify in 1,500," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, September 8, 1972.
2. Billy Fordjour Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080219/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/billy-fordjour-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 29 October 2017.