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George Hetzel Baird, an Olympic runner who...

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

George Hetzel Baird, an Olympic runner who helped the 1928 U.S. track team win a gold medal in the 400-meter relay and set a world record, has died at his Hudson Valley home in Rhinebeck, N.Y.

He was 97.

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