Idaho governor issues proclamation honoring Dick Fosbury

Gov. Little’s proclamation remembers the Olympic high jump champion as someone “who tirelessly served the people of the Wood River Valley” for more than two decades.

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday took a moment to honor Richard “Dick” Fosbury, the Olympic high-jump champion and Blaine County commissioner who passed away March 12.

Little signed a proclamation making March 27, 2023, Richard “Dick” Fosbury Day in Idaho and read it during a gathering in the governor’s ceremonial office, calling Fosbury “a brilliant athlete and Olympian who tirelessly served the people of the Wood River Valley for over two decades.”

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