Bobby Joe Morrow ( Bobby Morrow , October 15, 1935 , Harlingen , Texas , USA ) is an American athlete - sprinter , three - time Olympic champion in 1956.
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| Full name | Bobby Joe Morrow | |||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | October 15, 1935 (83 years old) Harlingen , Texas , USA | |||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USA | |||||||||||||
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| 100 m | 10.2 [1] (1956) | |||||||||||||
| 200 m | 20.6 [1] (1956) | |||||||||||||
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Morrow was called the “dominant sprinter of the 1950s” and “the most relaxed sprinter of all time” [2] .
Biography
Bobby Joe Morrow was born in Harlingen , Texas [3] and grew up on a farm in . Before becoming a sprinter, Morrow played American football for the . Morrow was also a sprinter at and a member of the Frater Sodali men's club.
Morrow won the title in 1955 with 100 yards . The most successful season for him was 1956, when he was selected by Sports Illustrated as " Athlete of the Year ." Morrow won the sprint in the national college championship and defended his AAU title. Then he went to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne , where he won three gold medals and was the leader of the American sprinter team.
At the Games, he won the 100m race . Then he won a medal in the 200-meter race , catching up with the world record for this distance. He won his third gold medal in the relay 4 × 100 meters , setting a world record.
After his Olympic victories, Bobby was on the covers of Life , , and Sports Illustrated magazines , and also participated in the Ed Sullivan Show .
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Morrow's successful performances at the national level continued after the 1956 Olympics, but in 1958 he resigned, becoming a farmer and carpenter. He tried to return to sports before the 1960 Olympics , but could not qualify for the US Olympic team.
In 1975, he was [1] .
In October 2006, the named him its new 11,000-seat stadium. [4]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bobby Morrow . usatf.org . USA Track & Field, Inc .. Released November 30, 2014.
- ↑ Sears, Edward Seldon. Running Through the Ages . - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company , 2001. - P. 236–238.
- ↑ Biography and Olympic Results at Sports Reference
- ↑ TexasBob.com - Bobby Morrow Stadium - San Benito, Texas