Ronald Wayne Copeland Sr. (October 3, 1946 – May 22, 1975) was an American

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

, sprinter, and

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

wide receiver. He played in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ma ...

(NFL) for the

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine ...

in 1969.

References

Profile
at ''trackfield.brinkster.net'' 1946 births 1975 deaths American male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for the United States American football wide receivers Susan Miller Dorsey High School alumni UCLA Bruins football players Chicago Bears players Track and field athletes from Los Angeles Players of American football from Los Angeles Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub