KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Al Oerter is the greatest discus thrower in Olympic history. There can be no debate about that. Oerter — a native of Astoria, New York — and Carl Lewis are the only Olympic track ...

Discus great Al Oerter, who won gold medals in four straight Olympics and became one of track and fields biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s, died Monday. He was 71. Oerter died at a hospital near his ...

Al Oerter, 71, a discus-throwing sensation who won gold medals in four consecutive Olympics, broke numerous world records and was one of track and field's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s, died ...

Al Oerter, one of only two track and field competitors to win gold medals in the same event in four consecutive Olympic Games, died Monday of heart failure at a hospital near his home in Fort Myers, ...

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and field’s biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s, died Monday of heart failure. He ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and fields biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s, died Monday. He was 71. Oerter died ...

Al Oerter was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. “I could throw a baseball, a football or a golf ball a ...

Al Oerter was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. "I could throw a baseball, a football or a golf ball a ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Al Oerter, the native New Yorker and discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics, died yesterday. He was 71. Oerter died at a hospital near his Fort Myers Beach home, ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Al Oerter, the discus great who won gold medals in four straight Olympics, has died. He was 71. Oerter, a native of New Hyde Park on Long Island, was brought to a hospital, where he ...