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Born February 6, 1933 • Chicago • Illinois
Died March 28, 1994 (aged 61) • Illinois
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow
American athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
American athlete
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
American sprinter
Stanisława Walasiewicz
American athlete
Gail Devers
American athlete
Helen Stephens
American athlete
Wyomia Tyus anchoring the U.S. 4 × 100-metre relay team, which won the gold medal in world record time at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City.
Wyomia Tyus
American athlete
Alice Coachman
Alice Coachman
American athlete
Eddie Tolan
American athlete
Betty Cuthbert
Australian sprinter
Bob Richards
Bob Richards
American athlete
Al Oerter
American athlete
Parry O’Brien
American athlete
Lee Calhoun
American athlete
Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican sprinter
Williams, Percy
Percy Williams
Canadian athlete
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
American sprinter

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