Sprinting to Fame gifts-over-100 Owens won four gold medals

Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics

accepted defeat at the Republican convention in Kansas City in a close race for delegates

Firestone and his son met John Burroughs here today

are presented in this 140-page book along with historical photographs and color illustrations

Sprinting to Fame gifts-over-100 Owens won four gold medalsJesse Owens and other sprinters take off in a 100 meter dash heat in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Owens (foreground) won the heat in 10. 3 seconds on Aug. 2, 1936. The next day he captured the gold medal. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, making him one of the most famous track and field athletes in history. The remarkable feats of the Americans, particularly Owens (1913 1980), who was black, struck a propaganda blow against Nazi leader