LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dallas Long, a three-time NCAA shot put champion and gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, has died. He was 84 years old.

He died of natural causes Sunday in Whitefish, Montana, USC said in a statement Tuesday after being notified by a family member. No further details were given.

Long dominated the sport of shot put in the 1960s, winning three consecutive NCAA championships from 1960-62.

Her gold medal performance in Tokyo included a then-Olympic record of 66 feet 8.50 inches. He won the bronze medal at the 1960 Rome Games, behind fellow Americans Bill Nieder and Parry O’Brien.

From 1959 to 1965, Long broke the shot put world record 11 times and was ranked No. 1 in the world three times. His best effort was 67-10.25.

He was a member of USC’s 1961 NCAA championship team. His 1962 throw rate of 65-10.50 still ranks sixth on USC’s all-time list. His top mark of 63-7 in 1959 continued through 2015.

Long was inducted into the National Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996, the Arizona Hall of Fame in 1964, the National High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, and the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

He was born Dallas Crutcher Long on June 13, 1940, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He first rose to national prominence in the event as a senior at North High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he set a national prep record in the shot put.

Long has a degree in dentistry from USC and a degree in dentistry from St. He earned his doctor of medicine degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He worked as a dentist and then practiced emergency medicine.

In early 1993, he served as a defense witness in the Rodney King trial against Los Angeles Police Department officers Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon. Long did not treat King, whose beating by police officers was recorded on videotape in 1991.

He is survived by the children of Kristen Long, Kelly Nordell, Karin Grandsire and Ian Long, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was divorced twice.

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