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{{Short description|American decathlete (1938–2019)}}
{{for|the ice hockey player|David Edstrom}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date=September 10, 1938
|birth_place=[[Portland, Oregon]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|9|1938|9|10}}
|death_place = [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1959 Pan American Games|1959 Chicago]] | [[Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games|Decathlon]]}}
}}

'''David Allan Edstrom''' (September 10, 1938 – May 9, 2019)<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?n=david-allan-edstrom&pid=193653688& Dave Edstrom's obituary]</ref> was a [[decathlon|decathlete]] from the [[United States]]. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the [[1959 Pan American Games]] in [[Chicago]]. He represented his native country at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]. He competed for [[Sherwood High School (Oregon)]], the [[University of Oregon]], the Emerald Empire TC, the Oregon TC, and the [[US Air Force]]. He had six children. The Swedish ice hockey player [[David Edstrom]] is his grandson.

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*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/dave-edstrom-1.html |title=Dave Edstrom |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195037/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/dave-edstrom-1.html |archivedate=2012-11-04 }}
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:American male decathletes]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Portland, Oregon]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:People from Sherwood, Oregon]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Washington County, Oregon]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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