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Born October 14, 1873 • Lafayette • Indiana
Died September 29, 1937 (aged 63) • New York
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
John J. Flanagan
Irish-American athlete
Meyer Prinstein
American track and field athlete
Alvin Kraenzlein.
Alvin Kraenzlein
American athlete
Martin Sheridan
American athlete
Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Saneyev, Viktor
Viktor Saneyev
Soviet athlete
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
American high jumper Dick Fosbury
Dick Fosbury
American athlete
Stanisława Walasiewicz
American athlete
Bob Beamon
Bob Beamon
American long jumper
Alice Coachman
Alice Coachman
American athlete
Ralph Boston
Ralph Boston
American athlete
Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Jim Lightbody
American athlete
Sheppard, Mel
Mel Sheppard
American athlete
John Walter Tewksbury
American athlete
Archie Hahn
American athlete
Daniels, Charles
Charles Daniels
American swimmer

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