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Tennessee State University Olympic Tradition Sharon Smith Tennessee State University, Shull@Tnstate.Edu Library and Information Sciences Library and Information Science Presentations Tennessee State University Year 2007 Tennessee State University Olympic Tradition Sharon Smith Tennessee State University, [email protected] This paper is posted at E-Research@Tennessee State University. http://e-research.tnstate.edu/lis pres/6 TennesseeTennessee StateState UniversityUniversity SpecialSpecial CollectionsCollections PresentsPresents TennesseeTennessee StateState UniversityUniversity OlympicOlympic TraditionTradition 1 IntroductionIntroduction ¾¾SpecialSpecial emphasisemphasis onon thethe TSUTSU OlympicOlympic traditiontradition ¾¾AchievementsAchievements ofof TSUTSU athletesathletes 2 CoachCoach EdwardEdward S.S. TempleTemple TempleTemple servedserved asas HeadHead WomenWomen’’ss TrackTrack CoachCoach forfor fortyforty--fourfour yearsyears atat TSU,TSU, Nashville,Nashville, TennesseeTennessee andand AssociateAssociate ProfessorProfessor ofof SociologySociology 3 LucindaLucinda WilliamsWilliams AdamsAdams 1955-1960 (Rome, 1960-gold medal) 4 ChandraChandra CheeseboroughCheeseborough 1975-1978 Los Angeles, 1984-two gold medals, silver medal) 5 EdithEdith McGuireMcGuire DuvallDuvall Edith McGuire, Wyomia Tyus and Coach Ed Temple 1961-1965 (Tokyo, 1964-gold medal, two silver medals) 6 IsabelleIsabelle DanielsDaniels 1955-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal) 7 KathyKathy McMillianMcMillian 1976-1980 (Montreal, 1976-silver medal) 8 MadelineMadeline ManningManning MimsMims 1968-1972 (Mexico City, 1968-gold medal; Munich, 1972-silver medal) 9 MarthaMartha HudsonHudson PennymanPennyman 1957-1961 (Rome, 1960-gold medal) 10 WilmaWilma RudolphRudolph 1958-1962 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal; Rome, 1960-three gold 11 medals) WilmaWilma RudolphRudolph President John F. Kennedy, Wilma Rudolph, Blanche Rudolph, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bobby Logan & Coach Temple 12 BarbaraBarbara JonesJones SlaterSlater 1957-1961 (Helsinki, 1952- 13 gold medal; Rome, 1960- gold medal) MaeMae FaggsFaggs StarrStarr 1952-1956 (Helsinki, 1952- gold medal; Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal) 14 WyomiaWyomia TyusTyus 1963-1968 (Tokyo, 1964- two gold medals, silver medal; Mexico City, 1968- 15 two gold medals) WillyeWillye B.B. WhiteWhite 1956-1959 (Melbourne, 1956- silver medal) 16 MargaretMargaret MatthewsMatthews WilburnWilburn 1955-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal) 17 RalphRalph BostonBoston 1958-1961 (Rome, 1960-gold medal; Tokyo, 1964-silver medal; 18 Mexico City, 1968-bronze medal) GoGo forfor thethe GoldGold Sharon Hull Smith, Head of Special Collections http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=732&ptid=1 19.
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