Wicklow-born runner won gold in Melbourne Olympics ...

As a Villanova student, he captured the 1,500-meter event in the 1956 Games in Melbourne. No Irish athlete since then has won another Olympic gold medal in track and field.

Delany won gold in the 1500m at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne Irish Olympic 1500m gold medallist Ronnie Delany has died aged ...

OLYMPIC legend Ron Delany died on Wednesday in Dublin at the age of 91 following a short illness. Delany made a name for ...

World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Ireland's 1956 Olympic 1500m champion Ron Delany died on Wednesday (11) at ...

IRISH athletics legend Ronnie Delany has died at the age of 91. The Arklow-born runner famously won Olympic gold in the 1500 ...

Fellow Irish Olympians Eamonn Coghlan and John Treacy have paid tribute to Ronnie Delany, Ireland’s Olympic 1,500 metres champion from 1956, who died on Wednesday at the age of 91. Coghlan followed in ...

A look at Irish athletics - at home and abroad - in this piece from the American Irish Historical Society's (AIHS) Treasures ...

The County Wicklow athlete won gold for Ireland in the 1956 Melbourne Games in the 1,500m event. At the age of just 21 he set ...

The death has taken place of Ronnie Delany at the age of 91, the athlete indelibly associated with his Olympic 1,500 metres triumph in Melbourne in 1956 and a true trailblazer and icon in Irish ...

Mr Delany made a huge impact on Irish running when he won the Olympic gold in 1956 ...

Legendary Olympic 1500m gold medal winner Ronnie Delany has died at the age of 91. The Arklow-born runner topped the podium ...