Richard Vaughn Stebbins (born June 14, 1945) is an American former

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, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m

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at the

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. At the

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, Richard Stebbins finished seventh in 200 m and ran the third leg in the gold medal winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a new

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of 39.0. At the medal ceremony, he got carried by his team to receive this gold medal. Stebbins was born and raised in

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, and later attended

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, where he played football and ran track. Following his college career, he was drafted as an end (wide receiver) by the

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in 1967. Stebbins was a social studies teacher at Mayfield Woods Middle School, in

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, from the 1991-2 school year until what appears to have been his retirement at the end of the 2010-11 school year.

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1945 births Living people American male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Grambling State Tigers football players Players of American football from Los Angeles Track and field athletes from Los Angeles People from Elkridge, Maryland Sportspeople from Howard County, Maryland Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics John C. Fremont High School alumni 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub