Al Buehler is an American

United States

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 former track and cross-country coach at Duke University

Duke University

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. His cross-country teams captured six ACC

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 championships and finished second on 10 occasions. Buehler was active in the U.S. Olympic

Olympic Games

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 program, serving as coach or manager at 1972, 1984 and 1988 Games. He currently serves as the chairman of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department at Duke

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

and teaches a freshman seminar on the history of American sports.