Hall of Fame Inductee
Ralph Boston
Tennessee State University
About
Ralph Boston, a Tennessee State University alumnus, won Olympic long-jump gold in 1960 and medals in 1964 and 1968. He broke Jesse Owens’s long-jump world record.
Accomplishments
Olympic long-jump gold medalist (1960).
Broke Jesse Owens’s world record in the event.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1995.
Year of award
1995
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Athletics.