Billy Mills turns 87 next week. Gerry Lindgren is 79. Dear friends since they were 1964 Olympians — Tokyo roomies — they also share a golden memory that turns 60 Friday. On that day — June 27, 1965 — ...
Gerry Lindgren, at left, gets post-race congrats from then-WSU assistant coach John Chaplin; and today at home in Hawaii. (Photo: WSU and Gerry Lindgren) GERRY LINDGREN never wanted to win a race.
Rather than being worth a thousand words, the picture eliminated the need for any. When readers of the Spokane Chronicle unfurled their newspapers on July 27, 1964, the news of Gerry Lindgren’s ...