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Jesse Owens, originally known as J. C., was the youngest of ten children (three girls and seven boys) born to Henry Cleveland Owens [1881–1942] (a sharecropper) and Mary Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913.
Children 2 Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) [ 1 ] is an American actor, best known for playing Jesse Owens in The Jesse Owens Story (1984), Det. Paul Strobber on Strike Force (1981–1982), and Rev. Morgan Hamilton in 7th Heaven (1996–2003).
Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at Los Angeles and then to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
A Perkasie-area mom is asking for prayers after her son, Jesse Owens, was severely injured on Friday. Owens suffered traumatic brain injuries when a tree fell on him, a few days before his 21st ...
The former Ohio State track star was born on Sept. 12, 1913.
— Olympic legend Jesse Owens on Snyder, Stark's Famous: Larry Snyder Other successful athletes coached by Snyder were Dave Albritton , Glenn Davis and "Marvelous Mal" Whitfield . [ 4 ] All told, Snyder's OSU athletes set 14 world records, won 52 All-Americans certificates and eight Olympic gold medals. [ 1 ]
Jesse Owens may have had the most impressive 45-minutes any collegiate athlete experienced in 1935. #GoBucks Jesse Owens a part of the inaugural Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame class
The unexplained, last-minute decision to remove Glickman and Sam Stoller—a fellow Jewish American athlete—from the 100-meter relay at the 1936 Olympics, where they were replaced by Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, who easily won the gold medal, has been widely viewed as an American effort to avoid embarrassing or offending Adolf Hitler, then ...