Rod Milburn showed his versatility by winning a bronze as a member of the United States sprint relay team at the Pan-American Games.
14 Facts About Rod Milburn
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Rod Milburn was to receive the same award a second time in 1973.
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Rod Milburn was the 1973 NCAA Indoor Champion for 60 yard hurdles.
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In Munich Rod Milburn won the gold medal in the 110m hurdles, tying the world record of 13.2 seconds, finishing ahead of Guy Drut and Thomas Hill.
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In 1973 Milburn continued to demonstrate he was the world's pre-eminent high-hurdler by breaking the world record for the 110 m hurdles with a 13.1 s, knocking 0.1 s off a record that had lasted for 14 years, and equalling his own world record for 120 y hurdles of 13.0 s The record-breaking times in the 110 m hurdles happened on July 6 in Zurich, Switzerland and on July 22 in Sienna, Italy; the record-equalling time in the 120 y hurdles happened on June 20 in Eugene, Oregon.
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Rod Milburn was to remain unbeaten in their 1974 season.
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In 1975, Rod Milburn tried briefly to become an American football player with the fledgling World Football League team the Shreveport Steamer.
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Rod Milburn returned as a hurdler in 1980 in time for an attempt at an Olympic comeback.
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Rod Milburn did run as an amateur for two seasons with some success against the new generation of high hurdlers.
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Rod Milburn's death came as a huge shock to a track and field community that vividly remembered his achievements on the track.
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For Rod Milburn, it was a great misfortune that his best years came at a time when it was impossible for even an Olympic champion to earn a good living from track: by running professionally, he had made himself ineligible to defend his Olympic title in 1976, and was then denied a chance to run in the 1980 Olympics by the 1980 Olympics boycott even when his eligibility for entry was reinstated.
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Rod Milburn was honoured as one of Louisiana's top 50 athletes of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated.
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Rod Milburn was ranked among the best in the USA and the world in the 110m hurdles, in two periods separated by his time on the professional athletics circuit, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.
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Rod Milburn was a very successful competitor at 110 m hurdles in the USA National Track and Field Championships during two periods between 1970 and 1981 separated by his time on the professional athletics circuit.