Paul Drayton

Paul Drayton (left) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	May 8, 1939 Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
Died	March 2, 2010 (aged 70) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sprint running
Club	U.S. Army Villanova Wildcats
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	100 yd – 9.3 (1961) 100 m – 10.2 (1962) 200 m – 20.55 (1962) 440 yd – 47.2 (1964)
Medal record Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay 1964 Tokyo 200 m

Otis Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American sprint runner.

He was anAAU champion in the 220 yd (200 m) sprint from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he was a member of theworld record of 39.1 seconds setting American 4 × 100 m relay team, and equaled the200 m world record of 20.5 s in 1962. At the1964 Olympics, Drayton won a silver medal in the 200 m and ran the opening leg for the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a world record at 39.06 seconds.^[1]

In retirement, Drayton lived with his wife nearCleveland, Ohio, where he worked as deputy project director for the city's Division of Recreation and then at the sheriff's department.^[1] He died on March 2, 2010, of apulmonary embolism followingcancer surgery.^[2]

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