Born July 19, 1900, Peculiar, Mo. Died December 28, 1970.

The track coach at the University of California in Berkeley for 33 years, Brutus Hamilton was outstanding as both an athlete and coach.

A multi-talented athlete at the University of Missouri, Hamilton was second in the 1920 Olympic decathlon and placed sixth in the pentathlon, winning the National AAU in both events earlier that year. He also competed in the 1924 Games, taking seventh in the pentathlon. He later went into coaching and at California, his athletes set two world records and seven Olympic marks in addition to winning seven national collegiate team titles. He was an Olympic assistant coach in 1932 and 1936 and Olympic head coach in 1952. Among his athletes were fellow Hall of Fame sprinter Harold Davis, pole vaulter Guinn Smith and middle distance runner Don Bowden, the first American to break four minutes for the mile.