Tom Patsalis (December 6, 1921 – July 29, 2014) was an American track and field athlete.
He is also the American record holder in the Long Jump for the M60 age division, has an as yet unrecognized mark that has been pending since 1977 (though recognized by the California Track News chief statistician at the time, Percy Knox)[3] still 7 inches superior to the listed American record and is the American record holder in the Triple Jump in the M60 and M65 age divisions.
[4] Patsalis was originally from Detroit, Michigan but, after 50 years of marriage, he retired in Alhambra, California.
He claimed he had been participating in track and field since high school,[5][6] 70 years in the sport.
He was a member of the University of Southern California National Championship track team in 1949, a teammate of Olympian Mel Patton,[7] graduating from the university in 1950 when he was 28 years old, his education delayed by World War II.