Where is Leroy Sutton now?
Leroy Sutton is employed as a professional video game tester at Electronic Arts, Inc., (EA).
Where is Dartanyon Crockett now?
Colorado Springs
Dartanyon currently lives and trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO while also taking classes at Pikes Peak Community College.
How did Leroy Sutton lose his legs?
Leroy lost his legs at the age of 11 when he was struck by a train; Dartanyon is legally blind. Dartanyon carried Leroy on and off of every bus, on and off every mat that season. They attended a high school with a graduation rate of less than 40%.
How old is Leroy Sutton?
Sutton died in Hallsboro, North Carolina in 1984 at age 63.
How is Dartanyon like Leroy?
According to “High School Teammates Carry On,” how is Dartanyon like Leroy? He is a league champion.
How did the friendship between Leroy and Dartanyon begin?
According to “High School Teammates Carry On,” how did Leroy’s and Dartanyon’s friendship begin? They met at the same hospital. Dartanyon helped Leroy at school.
Who are Dartanyon Crockett and Lisa Fenn?
Leroy Sutton (left), Dartanyon Crockett (center) and Lisa Fenn, the ESPN producer who came to Cleveland to tell their story. (Brownie Harris)
Where did Dartanyon go to school?
And Dartanyon attended school in Colorado while training with the Paralympic judo team in Colorado Springs. Lisa thought her job was done. But it was just beginning. “You know, I had put them on television as these resilient sort of action-figure hero friends that I saw and that I believed they still were.
What is the relationship between Dartanyon and Leroy?
Dartanyon kept a hand on Leroy’s wheelchair, in part as a guide for himself but also as a protector, a brother, for Leroy. Their teachers remarked to me that they were “some of the good ones.” Their cheerfulness stood out in a school marked by irreverent students and sunken teachers.
What happened to Dartanyon Crockett?
Since this story first aired in September of 2016, Dartanyon Crockett won a second Olympic bronze medal at the Rio Games. In the fall of 2018, he retired from the sport and is now in the final year of his sociology degree. Leroy Sutton is still working in the gaming industry.