Dayton native, Olympian Sam Hall has died

In late 1986 Hall was captured by the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. At the time, he said his paths crossed with the likes of Lt. Col. Oliver North while he was advising Contras and leading rebel forces as "Commandant Zulu." According to officials at the time, he was arrested in a restricted area of an air base with maps of the base and other military installations. He spent 47 days in an underground prison during which time Mike Wallace interviewed him for 60 Minutes.

The accounts of his many other militaristic exploits—of which more than a few are doubted by experts--are recounted in two books: "Danger's Disciple, and "Counter-Terrorist."

Hall was born March 10, 1937 in Dayton.