Tennessee State University Special Collections

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Tennessee State UniversitySpecial Collections

• Presents
• An Olympic Tradition

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Introduction

• Special emphasis on the TSU Olympic tradition
• Achievements of TSU athletes

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Coach Edward S. Temple

• Temple served as Head Womens Track Coach for
  forty-four years at TSU, Nashville, Tennessee and
  Associate Professor of Sociology

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Lucinda Williams Adams
1955-1960 (Rome, 1960-gold medal)
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Chandra Cheeseborough
1975-1978 Los Angeles, 1984-two gold medals,
silver medal)
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Edith McGuire Duvall
Edith McGuire, Wyomia Tyus and Coach Ed Temple
1961-1965 (Tokyo, 1964-gold medal, two silver
medals)
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Isabelle Daniels
1955-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)
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Kathy McMillian
1976-1980 (Montreal, 1976-silver medal)
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Madeline Manning Mims
1968-1972 (Mexico City, 1968-gold medal Munich,
1972-silver medal)
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Martha Hudson Pennyman
1957-1961 (Rome, 1960-gold medal)
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Wilma Rudolph
1958-1962 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal Rome,
1960-three gold medals)
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Wilma Rudolph
President John F. Kennedy, Wilma Rudolph, Blanche
Rudolph, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bobby
Logan Coach Temple
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Barbara Jones Slater
1957-1961 (Helsinki, 1952-gold medal Rome,
1960-gold medal)
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Mae Faggs Starr
1952-1956 (Helsinki, 1952-gold medal Melbourne,
1956-bronze medal)
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Wyomia Tyus
1963-1968 (Tokyo, 1964-two gold medals, silver
medal Mexico City, 1968-two gold medals)
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Willye B. White

1956-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-silver medal)
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Margaret Matthews Wilburn

1955-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)
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Ralph Boston
1958-1961 (Rome, 1960-gold medal Tokyo,
1964-silver medal Mexico City, 1968-bronze medal)
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Go for the Gold
Sharon E. Hull, Head of Special Collections
http//www.tnstate.edu/library/special.html