Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team at Tennessee A & I State University, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams, Train for the 1959 Pan American Games. They Were Also Members of the 1960 United States Olympic Team.
Front row (L-R): Hall; Elliott; Jones; Davis (Cap't.); Henry; Davage Taylor. Second row (L-R): Butler; Maddox; J. Waters; Wormley; Hobbs; Cromwell; Diggs; Watkins. Standing (L-R): Principal L. S. James; Spry; Jackson; Holland (Mgr.); Hart; Waters;...
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...