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Duke Athletics Hall of Fame Member Al Buehler Passes Away

DURHAM – Al Buehler, former head coach of the Duke track and field program and a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame, passed away peacefully last Thursday at the age of 92.

Buehler is survived by his wife Delaina and their children, Elizabeth Buehler Ivy (Hunter) of Memphis, Tenn., and Albert William "Bo" Buehler (Lynn) of Wilmington, N.C., and his grandchildren Julia Katherine Buehler, Ruth Elizabeth "Ruthie" Ivy and William Hunter "Will" Ivy, Jr.

Following a stellar undergraduate track career at the University of Maryland, Buehler joined the Blue Devils in 1955 as head cross country coach.