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Bobby Morrow completes sprint treble at Melbourne 1956

Name: WATCH: Bobby Morrow's sprint treble at Melbourne 1956
Uploaded: 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Description: 'The San Benito Bullet' won the men's Olympic 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at Melbourne 1956. Only Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt have done it since.

Morrow, aka 'The San Benito Bullet', won the 100m at Melbourne 1956 before beating reigning Olympic 200m champion Andy Stanfield to complete the sprint double. He then anchored home the USA 4x100m relay team in a new world record to win the first men's sprint treble since Jesse Owens in 1936. Only Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt have matched the feat since.

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