Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. - Jesse Owens

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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

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James Cleveland Owens (12 September 1913 – 31 March 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader; winner of 4 Gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany; he used the name Jesse beginning in childhood, when he gave his name as "J.C. Owens" and was misheard.

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Also Known As: The Buckeye Bullet
Alternative Names: James Cleveland Owens • James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
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People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.
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