What is Don Bragg?
[[File:Don Bragg Rome1960.jpg|right|200px]] '''Donald George Bragg''' (May 15, 1935 &ndash; February 16, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] athlete. He competed mainly in the [[pole vault]]. He won a gold medal in that event at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/don-bragg-1.html Don Bragg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173913/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/don-bragg-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> Bragg was born in [[Penns Grove, New Jersey]]. Bragg died at his home in [[Northern California]] of complications from [[dementia]] on February 16, 2019, aged 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philly.com/college-sports/villanova/don-bragg-obituary-rome-olympics-pole-vault-villanova-20190217.html|title=Don Bragg, former Olympic hero who starred at Penns Grove and Villanova, dies at 83|publisher=Philly Inquirer|access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bragg, Don}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in California]] [[Category:American track and field athletes]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New Jersey]] [[Category:Pole vaulters]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}