Bill Brown (runner)
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1951 Buenos Aires | 4×400 metres | |
1951 Buenos Aires | 800 metres |
Bill Brown (April 28, 1925 – April 25, 2018) was an American athlete who competed in the 1951 Pan American Games. He was a member of the American relay team which won the gold medal in the 4×400 metres event. In the 800 metre competition he won the silver medal. Brown had a career as an educator and coach at Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Maryland. He was inducted in the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976. He died on April 25, 2018, at the age of 92.
Competing for the Morgan State Bears track and field team, Brown won the 1950 NCAA Track and Field Championships in the 880 yards.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "William 'Bill' Brown, Morgan State University track star and Harford County teacher and coach, dies". Baltimore Sun. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- American male sprinters
- American male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- American sprinter stubs
- American middle-distance runner stubs
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Morgan State Bears men's track and field athletes