MEXICO, Mo. (AP) — Equestrian Walter Staley, who represented the U.S. at three Olympic Games, has died in eastern Missouri.
Arnold’s Funeral Home in Mexico has told The Associated Press that 77-year-old Staley died Sunday morning at Audrain Medical Center. His cause of death was not immediately available.
Staley was part of the U.S. equestrian team in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland; in 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden; and in 1960 in Rome, Italy. He was captain of the 1960 team.
The 1952 team won the bronze medal. Staley also won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1955.
