Leo Evan Long is a former competitive American

United States

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 javelin

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

 thrower and track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 coach.

Early life and competitive career

Long grew up in Nyssa, Oregon

Nyssa, Oregon

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, where he was a track star in the javelin at Nyssa High School

Nyssa High School

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. He attended Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

, where he was the individual javelin champion at the 1954 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

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Coaching career

After earning a bachelor's

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 and a master's

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 degree from the Stanford University School of Education

Stanford University School of Education

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, Long was hired as a track coach at Los Altos High School

Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)

Los Altos High School, established in 1954, is a public school located in the affluent Silicon Valley suburb of Los Altos, California. It has generally demonstrated a high level of academic achievement...

 in 1956, coaching at the school from 1956–1963 and again from 1969–1981. During his tenure, the school won 15 league titles, two section championships, and a boys' California state championship in 1970. Long also coached 11 individual state champions, and three discus

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

 national record holders: Bob Stoecker, Chris Adams, and Scott Overton. He also coached the Pakistan

Pakistan

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 Olympic team in 1958 and the Sudan

Sudan

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 Olympic team in 1960.

Legacy

Long is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2008, Los Altos High School renamed its track in his honor. He lives in Lincoln, California

Lincoln, California

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