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{{Short description|American athlete (born 1945)}}
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| name = Richard Stebbins
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| birth_name = Richard Vaughn Stebbins
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 14, 1945}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
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'''Richard Vaughn Stebbins''' (born June 14, 1945) is an American former [[Sport|athlete]], winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m [[Relay race|relay]] at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/dick-stebbins-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/dick-stebbins-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Dick Stebbins |access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref>

At the [[Tokyo]] [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], Richard Stebbins finished seventh in 200&nbsp;m<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-sports.org/athletics-stebbins-richard-results-identity-s5-c2-b4-o15-w32994.html |title=Richard STEBBINS |publisher=the-sports.org |access-date=2009-01-25}}</ref> and ran the third leg in the gold medal winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a new [[world record]] of 39.0. At the medal ceremony, he got carried by his team to receive this gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080814/NEWS/808140371/-1/NEWS01 |title=Former Olympian from Maine recalls gold medal experience |publisher=seacoastonline.com |access-date=2009-01-25}}</ref>

Stebbins was born and raised in [[Los Angeles]], and later attended [[Grambling State University]], where he played football and ran track. Following his college career, he was drafted as an end (wide receiver) by the [[New York Giants]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-06-18/features/1996170132_1_stebbins-gold-medal-olympic-gold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002161050/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-06-18/features/1996170132_1_stebbins-gold-medal-olympic-gold |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 2, 2012 |title=Richard Stebbins |publisher=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=2011-09-17}}</ref>

Stebbins was a social studies teacher at Mayfield Woods Middle School, in [[Elkridge, Maryland]], 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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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Men|1964}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1964 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1945 births]]
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[[Category:American male sprinters]]
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[[Category:Grambling State Tigers football players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Los Angeles]]
[[Category:People from Elkridge, Maryland]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Howard County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:John C. Fremont High School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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