Tommie Smith

Entered San Jose State on a basketball scholarship
but concentrated on track under Coach Bud Winter and became the
only man, all time, to hold 11 simultaneous World and Olympic
records--200 meter dash, Olympic and World record, Mexico City
1968, 19.83; 220 yard dash, 19.5; 400 meters, 44.5; 440 yard indoor,
46.2; 200 meter and 220 yard dash straightaway; 19.5; and five
records as a member of relay teams. Enshrined in the Bay Area
Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.