Cliff Bourland

Personal information

Full name

Clifford Frederick Bourland

Born

January 1, 1921 (age 95)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1948 London	4x400 m relay

Clifford Frederick Bourland (born January 1, 1921)^[1] is an American former athlete who won a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Born in Los Angeles, California, of a German mother and an American father, Bourland ran in a competition for the first time in 1932. Graduating from Venice High in Los Angeles, Bourland enrolled to University of Southern California and was coached by the famous Dean Cromwell.Bourlad won the AAU championships in 400 m and the NCAA championships in 440 yd in 1942 and 1943. During the World War II, Bourland served in the Navy as a captain of a landing craft tank.At the London Olympics, Bourland was fifth in 200 m and won the gold medal as a member of American 4x400 m relay team, running the second leg in 47.3 seconds.^[2]

After the Olympics, Bourland retired from sports. After a failed attempt to start a career in municipal politics, he was hired by an insurance company. In 1984 he was a part owner of the mortgage banking firm called Norris, Biggs and Simpson.^[1]

References

Olympic champions in men's 4×400 m relay

Medley	1908 Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m	1912 Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath (USA) 1920 Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler (GBR) 1924 Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson (USA) 1928 Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti (USA) 1932 Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr (USA) 1936 Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown (GBR) 1948 Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield (USA) 1952 Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden (JAM) 1956 Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney (USA) 1960 Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis (USA) 1964 Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr (USA) 1968 Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans (USA) 1972 Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang (KEN) 1976 Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks (USA) 1980 Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin (URS) 1984 Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay (USA) 1988 Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon (USA) 1992 Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins (USA) 1996 Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser (USA) 2000 Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama (NGR) 2004 Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie (USA) 2008 Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon (USA) 2012 Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller (BAH) 2016 Hall, McQuay, Roberts, Merritt, Clemons, Verburg (USA)

US National Championship winners in men's 400-meter dash

1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1876-77: Edward Merritt 1878: Frank Brown 1879-84: Lon Myers 1885: H. Mason Raborg 1886: John Robertson 1887: Harvey Banks 1888: Walter Dohm 1888: T.J. Mahoney 1889: Walter Dohm 1890-92: William Downs 1893: Edward Allen 1894: Tom Keane 1895-97: Thomas Burke 1898-1900: Maxie Long 1901: Howard Hayes 1902: Fay Moulton 1903: Harry Hillman 1904: D.H. Meyer 1905-06: Frank Waller 1907: John Taylor 1908: Harry Hillman 1909: Edward Lindberg 1910: William Hayes 1911: Edward Lindberg 1912: Thomas Halpin 1913: Carroll Haff 1914-15: Ted Meredith 1916: Thomas Halpin 1917: Frank Shea 1918: Cornelius Shaughnessy 1919-20: Frank Shea 1921: William Stevenson 1922: James Driscoll 1923: Horatio Fitch 1924: James Burgess 1925: Cecil Cooke 1926: Ken Kennedy 1927: Hermon Phillips 1928: Ray Barbuti 1929: Reggie Bowen 1930-31: Vic Williams 1932: Bill Carr 1933-34: Ivan Fuqua 1935: Eddie O'Brien 1936: Harold Smallwood 1937-38: Ray Malott 1939: Erwin Miller 1940-41: Grover Klemmer 1942-43: Cliff Bourland 1944: Elmore Harris 1945: Herb McKenley 1946: Elmore Harris 1947-48: Herb McKenley 1949-51: George Rhoden 1952: Mal Whitfield 1953: Jesse Mashburn 1954: Jim Lea 1955: Charles Jenkins 1956: Tom Courtney 1957: Reggie Pearman 1958-59: Eddie Southern 1960-61: Otis Davis 1962-63: Ulis Williams 1964: Mike Larrabee 1965: Ollan Cassell 1966-69: Lee Evans 1970-71: John Smith 1972: Lee Evans 1973-74: Maurice Peoples 1975: Dave Jenkins (GBR) * Fred Newhouse 1976: Maxie Parks 1977: Robert Taylor 1978: Maxie Parks 1979: Willie Smith

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Willie Smith 1981-82: Cliff Wiley 1983: Sunder Nix 1984-85: Mark Rowe 1986: Darrell Robinson 1987: Butch Reynolds 1988: Tim Simon 1989: Antonio Pettigrew 1990: Steve Lewis 1991: Antonio Pettigrew 1992^OT: Danny Everett

1992 onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Johnson 1994: Antonio Pettigrew 1995-96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Antonio Pettigrew 1998-99: Jerome Young 2000^OT: Michael Johnson 2001: Derrick Brew 2002: Angelo Taylor 2003: Tyree Washington 2004^OT-05: Jeremy Wariner 2006: Andrew Rock 2007: Angelo Taylor 2008^OT-09: LaShawn Merritt 2010: Greg Nixon 2011: Tony McQuay 2012^OT-13: LaShawn Merritt 2014: Gil Roberts 2015: David Verburg 2016^OT: LaShawn Merritt

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

1948 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1948 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Dick Ault Herb Barten Dave Bolen Cliff Bourland Bob Chambers Roy Cochran Ernest Crosbie John Deni Harrison Dillard Craig Dixon Clem Eischen Barney Ewell Don Gehrmann Herman Goffberg George Guida Art Harnden Johnny Kelley Jeff Kirk Henry Laskau Ollie Manninen Bob McMillen Eddie O'Toole Whitey Overton Mel Patton Bill Porter Clarence Robison Browning Ross Clyde Scott Fred Sharaga Roland Sink Curt Stone Jerry Thompson Ted Vogel Ernest Weber Adolf Weinacker Mal Whitfield Fred Wilt Lorenzo Wright (r)

Men's field athletes	Bill Albans Bob Beckus Bob Bennett Martin Biles Bill Burton Jim Delaney Herb Douglas Henry Dreyer Dwight Eddleman Sam Felton Vic Frank Jim Fuchs Fortune Gordien Erkki Koutonen Bob Likins Bob Mathias Vern McGrew Irving "Moon" Mondschein Boo Morcom Bob Richards Steve Seymour Floyd Simmons Guinn Smith George Stanich Willie Steele Wilbur Thompson Lorenzo Wright

Women's track athletes	Mae Faggs Nell Jackson Theresa Manuel Audrey Patterson Bernice Robinson Mabel Walker Jean Walraven Lillian Young

Women's field athletes	Alice Coachman Dorothy Dodson Frances Kaszubski Theresa Manuel Bernice Robinson Emma Reed Jean Walraven Lillian Young

Coaches	Dean Cromwell (men's head coach) Emmett Brunson (men's assistant coach) Ward Haylett (men's assistant coach) Tom Jones (men's assistant coach) Emil Von Elling (men's assistant coach) Fred Travalena (road event coach) Catherine Meyer (women's coach)

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