Tag: Clyde Lovellette
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USA 1952 Olympian Clyde Lovellette: Terre Haute Garfield Star
The youngest of eight children, Clyde was born in Petersburg, Indiana, to John and Myrtle Lovellette on September 29, 1929, but he was raised in the manufacturing town of Terre Haute. His father was a New York Central Railroad engineer. He grew into a gangly teenager, standing 6’4 as a high school freshman, and was…