Four-time Olympic gold medalist and former Kansas University athlete Al Oerter stands in front of some of his artwork at the ACT gallery in downtown Fort Myers, Fla. Oerter created much of his art by ...

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Al Oerter stands in front of some of his artwork in a gallery in Fort Myers, Fla., in this file photo from Aug. 13, 2004. Oerter died Monday at the age of 71. Four-time ...

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, 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 seemingly 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 ...

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, the discus thrower who won consecutive gold medals in four straight Olympic Games from 1956 to 1968, has died of heart failure. After track, he began a career as an abstract painter. He was ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- 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 ...

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 in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 71. Oerter died ...

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, ...

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 ...