Wilbur Burroughs (Wilbur Gordon Burroughs, Sr.; June 13, 1884 – August 6, 1960) was an American track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He died in Granite City, Illinois.
In 1908 he finished eighth in the Greek discus throw event and tenth in the discus throw competition; his result in the shot put event is unknown. He was also a member of the American tug of war team, eliminated in the first round of the Olympic tug of war event.
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“Nor shall you scare us with talk of the
death of the race.
How should we dream of this place without us?—
The sun mere fire, the leaves untroubled about us,
A stone look on the stone’s face?”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
“I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, who struck a vital blow to the whole diseased concept of the revered image and gave the American virtue of irreverence and skepticism back to the people.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)