Larry Banner | |
Full Name: | Lawrence Shyres Banner |
Country: | United States |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1936 |
Birth Place: | Van Nuys, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Modesto, California, U.S. |
Height: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 69 kg |
Discipline: | MAG |
Gym: | Los Angeles Turners |
Collegeteam: | UCLA Bruins |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Lawrence Shyres "Larry" Banner (June 6, 1936 – November 28, 2013) was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Banner attended Van Nuys High School.[2]
Banner was a teacher and taught for 16 years at Turlock High School.[2] He curated the website, www.gymnasticshalloffame.org, which included detailed biographies of those influential to the sport where coverage from USA Gymnastics was lacking.[2] Contributors to his research included fellow USA Gymnastics Hall of Famers Abie Grossfeld and Jerry Wright.[2]