Lee Yoder Explained

Dewey Lee Yoder
Birth Name:	Dewey Lee Yoder Jr
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	400 metres hurdles
Birth Date:	18 July 1930
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, United States

Dewey Lee Yoder Jr (July 18, 1930 – May 17, 2023^[1]) was an American hurdler, known as Lee Yoder. Yoder attended Mercersburg Academy as a youth, where he trained under Jimmy Curran. He came second in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1952 US Olympic trials, beaten only by eventual gold medalist Charles Moore (also from Mercersburg). He competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^{[2] [3]}

Running for the University of Arkansas, Yoder finished second at the 1952 NCAA Track and Field Championships^[4] behind Bob Diviney from Kansas. Yoder later played field hockey, including as part of the bronze medal winning American team at the 1967 Pan American Games.^[5] He was manager for the United States field hockey team at the 1984 Olympics.

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79223 Lee Yoder
2. Lee Yoder Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/lee-yoder-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . October 3, 2017.
3. Here’s 1952 U.S. Olympic Track Squad, Arizona Republic, June 29, 1952
4. Web site: 2012 Arkansas Men's Track and Field Media Guide. January 10, 2012 . March 25, 2018.
5. Book: Olderr, Steven. The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. September 14, 2009. McFarland. 9781476604688. March 25, 2018. Google Books.