Larry Banner Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Larry Banner Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015135/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/larry-banner-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . July 30, 2019.
  2. News: Holliday . Tom . October 15, 2006 . Getting to know them . C1 & C5 . . November 28, 2023.