Max Truex
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Max Edwin Truex (
Prep
While running for
NCAA
He won the 1957
Olympian
He became part of the Southern California Striders, a dominant track team of this period. His second national championship in 1959 qualified him to run in the 1959 Pan American Games.
In 1960, he won the Olympic trials, then finished 6th in the Olympics. In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Max Truex set the American record in the 10,000 meters, 28:50:2, in finishing sixth in an event long dominated by Europeans.[8]
In 1962, Truex won the national championships in the 3 mile run. This qualified him to run in the USA-
Personal
At the age of 40, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The disease deteriorated his quality of life rapidly. He had to retire early, eventually seeking unconventional fetal brain transplant surgery in China.[4] He died at the age of 55.[5]
References
- ^ Max Truex at Sports Reference
- ^ "USATF - Statistics - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ^ "USATF - Statistics - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2008.
- ^ a b "Archives". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1990.
- ^ a b "Don T on Max". Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ Barnes, Dick (May 13, 1957). "Herrmann Broad Jumps 25-3 in Fresno Relays; One World, Two American Records Smashed". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/men-top-10.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Max Truex, 55, Dies; Star Runner of 50's". The New York Times. March 26, 1991.