Wayne Broeren Explained

Wayne Broeren
Fullname:Wayne Henry Broeren
Birth Date:2 March 1933
Birth Place:Tiskilwa, Illinois, United States
Death Place:Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Sport:Dartchery
Wheelchair basketball

Wayne Henry Broeren (2 March 1933 – 26 March 1991) from Champaign, Illinois, was a United States Paralympic athlete. In the 1960 Summer Paralympics, he competed in multiple sports including dartchery and wheelchair basketball.

In the 1960, he was a member of the winning United States wheelchair basketball team and one half of the pair that won the mixed dartchery, along with Jack Whitman.

In 2004 he was posthumously honoured with a letter by his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[1]

Personal life

Wayne married Cecil Marie Creath. They had four children: Stuart, Rachel, Timothy and Thomas.

References

  1. Web site: UI rolls out red carpet for its former wheelchair athletic stars.