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{{short description|American sprinter}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
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'''Hector "Hec" Monroe Dyer''' (June 2, 1910 &ndash; May 19, 1990) was an American [[athletics (sport)|athlete]], winner of a gold medal in 4 × 100 m [[Relay race|relay]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].

Born in [[Los Angeles]], Hector Dyer enrolled at the [[Stanford University]], where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (Sigma Rho Chapter). While at Stanford he won the [[IC4A]] championships in {{convert|220|yd|abbr=on}} in 1930.

During the 1932 Olympic trials, Dyer tied the world record of 10.4 in the 100-meter dash.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dyer Equals World's Hundred Meter Mark|newspaper=The Pasadena Post|date=July 2, 1932|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061436/dyer/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He also beat the Olympic record in the 200-meter dash.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hec Dyer Beats Olympic Dash Mark|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 1, 1942|pages=Sports 1, 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87820254/1932-4-30-santa-barbara-meet/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> At the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], held in Los Angeles, he ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new [[Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression|world record]] of 40.0.

In later years, Dyer worked in the oil business. He died in 1990 in [[Fullerton, California]], aged 79. He was the grandson of [[William Newton Monroe]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95036082/monrovia-news-post/ |newspaper=Monrovia News-Post |title=Hector Dyer dies; one of Monrovia's founding family |first=Chris |last=Eftychiou |date=May 30, 1990 |page=2 |access-date=15 February 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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