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During those same London Games, Wright finished fourth in a fiercely contested long jump competition.
During those same London Games, Wright finished fourth in a fiercely contested long jump competition.
Herb Douglas of the United States captured the bronze medal with a jump of 24 feet 9 inches (754 m), and Lorenzo Wright ended up in fourth place at 24 feet 5.25 inches (74486 m) – a hand"s width from a second trip to the medals podium. Upon graduating from high school, LC Wright served eighteen months in the United States. Army. Then, as a student-athlete for, Wright was an National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American in 1947 and 1948.
Placing second and third respectively in the long jump.
Wright"s indoor and outdoor long jump marks, along with his times in the 100-meter and 220-yard dash, are still varsity records – having stood the test of time for over sixty years. Following his athletic career, L.C. Wright served many seasons as the track and swimming coach at Miller, Eastern and Southwestern High School.
During the 1960s, Wright"s athletes were some of the best in the United States. Wright was later appointed Director of the Detroit Public Secondary Schools Athletic League (DPSSAL).
In 1972, at the age of 45, Wright was killed during a domestic dispute.
One of Detroit"s major interscholastic athletic facilities, adjacent to Martin Luther King High School, is named Wright Field. 1948 Summer Olympics.
Wright was honored posthumously as a 1973 inductee to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and -in 1976- as a charter member of the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame.