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Emerson Lane ("Bud") Spencer (October 10, 1906 – May 15, 1985) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Emerson Spencer won, as a Stanford University student, the NCAA Championships in 440 yd in 1928 and set the new 400 m world record of 47.0 at the same year.

At the Amsterdam Olympics, Spencer ran the second leg in the American 4x400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.14.2. A week later in London, Spencer bettered his own 4x400 m relay world record to 3.13.4.

Emerson Spencer died in Palo Alto, California, aged 78.

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