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JESSE OWENS HEAPS LIST OF CRACK NEGRO ATHLETES

The ten greatest negro athletes of all time are named by “Ebony,” na-. tional American magazine published in Chicago. “Ebony” polled 38 sports writers and broadcasters across the country. They chose: 1. Jesse-Owens, who as you would expect, was the only athlete to win the unanimous vote of all 38.. Sprinter, broad-jumper and hurdler, he tied one world record .and broke three others in a single afternoon in 1935. He won four events in the National Collegiates (40 points) in one afternoon. 2. Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world longer than any other man, who defended his title more often than any other. 3. Jackie Robinson of 1 the Brooklyn Dodgers, first negro to break into or - ganised baseball. 4. Satchel Paige, a fabulous pitcher, good enough, once the bars were down, to break into the majors when assertedly about 50 years old. 5. Sam Langford, held by many to have been possibly the best fighter of all time, but never a title winner because title holders wouldn’t .fight him. t 6. Henry Armstrong, only boxer in history to hold three titles at one time (featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight). 7. Joe Gans, “The Old Master”'of the lightweights, tops 1902-1908. 8. Harrison Dillard of Baldwin Wallace College, finest high hurdler of all time who failed to qualify for his specialty but won the 100-yard dash at the London Olympic Games. 9. Fritz Pollard, Brown University football star of 1916, All America and Rose Bowler. 10. Jack Johnson, heavyweight title holder, 1908 to 1915. Joe Louis won all the sports writers’ votes for a place among the ten greatest, but lacke'd the unanimous ballot cast for Owens because radioman Ted Husing left Joe off his list. “Ebony” comments, “Perhaps in the field of sports, more than any other, negroes have chalked up their most significant accomplishments. _ “The 10 greatest are a splendid symbol of the upward climb of negroes in a part of U.S. life that is most typical of the word American. “They represent a grand tradition and will live long in the hearts of their countrymen, regardless of colour.”

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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 6

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JESSE OWENS HEAPS LIST OF CRACK NEGRO ATHLETES Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 6

JESSE OWENS HEAPS LIST OF CRACK NEGRO ATHLETES Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 6