Richard Vaughn "Dick" Stebbins (born June 14, 1945) is an American former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

At the Tokyo Olympics, Richard Stebbins finished seventh in 200 m and ran the third leg in the gold medal winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 39.0. He got carried by his team to receive this gold medal.

Richard Stebbins

Stebbins was born and raised in Los Angeles, and later attended Grambling State University, where he played football and ran track. Following his college career, he was drafted as an end (wide receiver) by the New York Giants in 1967.

Richard Stebbins

Stebbins was a social studies teacher at Mayfield Woods Middle School, in Elkridge, Maryland, from the 1991-2 school year until what appears to have been his retirement at the end of the 2010-11 school year.

Richard Stebbins

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1945 births

Living people

American male sprinters

Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field

Grambling State Tigers football players

Players of American football from Los Angeles

Track and field athletes from Los Angeles

People from Elkridge, Maryland

Sportspeople from Howard County, Maryland

Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics

John C. Fremont High School alumni

20th-century American people