Jack Yerman

Jack Yerman ( Jack Lloyd Yerman; born February 5, 1939 in Oroville, California ) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

At the Pan American Games in 1959 in Chicago Yerman was sixth in the 400 -meter run. With the U.S. 4 x 400 - meter relay team, he won the silver medal.

1960 ran Yerman in advance of the U.S. Olympic trials his personal best of 46.0 seconds over 400 meters. He also won the final in 46.3 seconds before Earl Young and Otis Davis. On August 12, 1960 at the Olympic test event in Walnut ran Eddie Southern, Young, Davis and Yerman in 3:05,6 minutes a new world record in the 4x440 yards.

At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 Yerman was eliminated in the semifinals over 400 meters. The 4x400 - meter relay in the Cast Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis and Otis Davis won gold before the season from Germany. Both squadrons were over a second under the old world record. The new world record of the U.S. season of 3:02,2 minutes was undercut in the finals of the Olympic Games in Tokyo four years later.

After his career Jack Yerman teacher was at a High School.