Jesse Owens AKA James Cleveland Owens Born: 12-Sep-1913 Birthplace: Oakville, AL Died: 31-Mar-1980 Location of death: Phoenix, AZ Cause of death: Cancer - Lung Remains: Buried, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Track and Field Nationality: United States Executive summary: Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics Son of a sharecropper and grandson of slaves, who won four Gold Medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
"When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either."
Father: Henry Owens (sharecropper) Mother: Emma Owens Wife: Ruth Solomon (m. 10-Aug-1935, until his death, three children) Daughter: Marlene
High School: Cleveland East Tech High School, Cleveland, OH University: Ohio State University
Olympic Gold Medal 1936 (four medals) Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 1936 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 1970 Presidential Medal of Freedom 1976 US Olympic Hall of Fame Traveled to Nazi Germany Munich Olympics (1936) Ticker-Tape Parade 1936 Asteroid Namesake 6758 Jesseowens
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Salute (17-Jul-2008) · Himself
Official Website: http://www.jesseowens.com/
Author of books:
The Jesse Owens Story (1970)
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications
|