1. Lemuel Clarence "Bud" Houser was an American field athlete.
10 Facts About Bud Houser
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Bud Houser won Olympic gold medals in the discus throw in 1924 and 1928 and in the shot put in 1924.
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Bud Houser was raised by his sister Martha and her husband Walter Conklin.
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Bud Houser gained his strength working in the fields; during summers he would load hay bales in 110-degree heat in Corcoran, California.
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Bud Houser was named "Athlete of the Meet" three years in a row.
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Bud Houser then enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
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At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Bud Houser won the gold medal in the shot put, ahead of fellow Americans Glenn Hartranft and Ralph Hills and in the discus, ahead of the Finn Vilho Niittymaa and the American Thomas Lieb.
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Bud Houser won national championships in the discus in 1925,1926, and 1928, and in the shot put in 1921 and 1925.
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Bud Houser became a dentist to many movie stars with a practice in Hollywood, California before moving to Palm Desert, California.
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Bud Houser is a member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and an inaugural member of the Ventura County Athletic Hall of Fame.