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Johnson & Yang At The 1960 Rome Olympics

Johnson & Yang At The 1960 Rome Olympics

Olympic athletes American Rafer Johnson and Taiwanese Yang Chuan-Kwang (1933 - 2007) (also known as CK Yang) pose together at the Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, September 1960. In addition to being classmates at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), both men won medals in the decathelon; Johnson, the gold, and Yang, the silver.

In this photo: Rafer Johnson, Yang Chuan-Kwang

Photo: Mark Kauffman./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Sep 01, 1960
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