# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dyrol-burleson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:47:11.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dyrol-burleson"
name: "Dyrol Burleson"
slug: "dyrol-burleson"
description: "Dyrol Jay Burleson is a retired middle-distance runner from the United States. He attended the University of Oregon, where he ran track under the coach Bill Bowerman. Burleson lettered in track and field in 1960, 1961, and 1962. He won the AAU 1500 m title in 1959, 1961 and 1963, and the NCAA title in the 1500 m in 1960, and in the mile in 1961–62. Burleson was Pan American champion in 1959, and in May 1962 he anchored the Oregon 4×mile relay team that set a new world record."
tagline: "American middle-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Simpson%2C_Dyrol_Burleson_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1940-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             0.7000000000000002
  historical:           5.474370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dyrol Burleson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديرول بورليسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrol_Burleson"
    title: "Dyrol Burleson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrol_Burleson"
    title: "Dyrol Burleson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrol_Burleson"
    title: "Dyrol Burleson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrol_Burleson"
    title: "Dyrol Burleson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3042090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump