ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A pivotal figure in American track and field has died. Ed Temple is one of just a handful of coaches in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. He led two women's teams in the 1960s ...

NASHVILLE — Ed Temple, the former Tennessee State track and field coach whose Tigerbelles won 13 Olympic gold medals and helped break down racial and gender barriers in the sport, died Thursday night.

In 1990, Rudolph became the first woman to receive the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Silver Anniversary Award. The indoor track and dormitory at Tennessee State University are named in ...

She died in 1994 of cancer. The state of Tennessee recognizes it as Wilma Rudolph Day. RELATED: Meet the ESL teacher who helps students transition into JCPS school instruction ...

Rudolph died of brain cancer in 1994 at age 54 in Nashville. She coached track at DePauw University, was a US goodwill ambassador to West Africa, and she continued to fight segregation in Tennessee.

Rudolph never competed in the Olympics again and she retired. Later, she become a teacher and commentator for her beloved sport. She died in 1994, a Civil Rights and Women's Rights pioneer.

Ms. Finney as the sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, alongside Jason Bernard playing Ed Temple, her coach, in the 1977 television movie “Wilma.” ...

Wilma Rudolph outran poverty, polio, scarlet fever and the limits placed on black women by societal convention to win three gold medals in sprint events at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. By the time ...