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-- the 1(X) and 2(X) meters n
and the broad jump -- and F
ran a decisise lap on the sic- d
torious American relas d
team, thus taking home V
four first-place medals and n
four of the tins-potted Get - c
man oak trees that the n
Organizing Committee had 1
provided the winners as living
memorials of their s'
triumphs. He broke the I'
Olympic and world recotd t
in the 100 meters, though it ti
was disallosved because of a e
following svind, set a ness r
Olympic and svorld record
for the 200 meters around a s
turn, and broad-jumped s
over 26 feet for the first i
time in Olympic histor> -- ;
another record. i
And to top all that, the \
400-meter relay team of !
which he was the anchor set ;
a new Olympic and world
record for the event.
Owens came home to
America amid the cheers of
admirers but never did latch
on to a top-flight job. He
ran in exhibition races,
spoke at clinics, served as
salesman for sporting goods
outlets and helped sell
Olympic coins, but the real
gold -- the spending kind -never
got into his hands as
it had for many Olympic
winners.
-The late Ralph Metcalfe,
one of a galaxy of stars w ho
were on the same Olympic
team with Owens, twice
finished second in the
Olympics, behind fcddie
Tolan in Los Angeles in
1932 and behind Owens in
Berlin in 1936. Metcalfe,
who won a gold medal as a
t _ r .i
memoer oi me vicionous
relay team in 1936, became
a congressman from
Chicago.
One of the standout
Olympic double-winners
who is still connected with
the Olympic movement is
Marvin G. "Mai" Whitfield,
who since 1964 has
served as a regional youth
and sports officer working
in Africa for<the U.S. Information
Agency. Last spring,
Whitfield returned to
the United States for a
special ceremony at the
Jesse Owens Track and
Field Classic held at Ohio
State annually. Mai was inducted
into the Ohio Track
and Field Hall of Fame at
the ceremony.
Whitfield won two OlymU
irsday, February 9, 198'
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VhitlieW broke 18 world i
?cords durinu his tacine /
areet. A native of Califor- y
ia, Whit field also attended ?
os Angeles State College.
Dttt ing his 20-yeat cat eet c
v ith the 11S1 A.r. WhiU'ield I
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hroughout Africa, pro- t
noted U.S.-African sports t
xchanges, and sought t
ecognition of outstanding <,
African athletes and pro- 1
trams, imparting at the
>ame time a positive image (
M" American sportsmanship
inu athletic prowess, bven
n those countries without
;lose ties to the United
States, Whitfield has been
able to surmount political
barriers to exercise his unique
skills as a trainei and
coach.
Whitfield has organized
several visits a year for the
past decade or more to
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Although black athletes I
iorrrmated the track and
field events in high schools,
colleges, AAU.JU&p and
he Olympics, there was one
went that the public seemed
o disassociate with a black
;ompetitor -- the backbreaking
decathlon.
The one individual who
;racked this myth was a
high school track and field
athlete from Plain field,
N.J., named Milton Campbell,
who could perform
with excellence in just about
all of the required 10 events
of the decathlon. Although
he had not heard about the
decathlon nrevionU v he
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made the 1952 Olympic
Team at the age of 17 and
placed second to fellow
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Vinston-.Salem State
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fovayta Strother puts
ip a fourth-quarter
ump shot in last Saturlay's
game against
forth Carolina Central
Jniversity. The Lady
lams barely held off
Central 87-82.
brother, sixth in free
hrow percentage in the
CIAA, has helped
VSSU post a 9-8 won*
ost record thus far this
leason (photo by
lames Parker).
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Campbell recalls that, prior
o participating in the
31 \tnpic trials, he researched
the exploits of the great
Carlisle (Pa.) Institute InJian,
Jim Thorpe. ._
Foui years later, Campbell
made headlines when
he captured the decathlon
with a?bfa/ing score of
7,887 points at the 1956,
games. -Tft:
If Campbell s victory in
Melbourne, Australia had
any significant meaning to
anyone, it was to another
black y out h , Rafer
Johnson, who won the
decathlon in the 1960 Olympics
in Rome with a staggering
score of 8,392 points.
Johnson had been runnerup
in 1956.
The fact that he was the
first black athlete to win the
decathlon has followed
Campbell these past 31
years. During all preOlympic
Games programs,
news and TV airings, you'll
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