Record-setting sprinter, Olympic activist Lee Evans dies

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8. RIP Lee Evans. I remember Mexico City Olympics well. I was 6 years old ...

My mom & dad are from Mexico so we watched as much coverage as available.

If you haven't heard the story of Peter Norman, the Australian Silver Medal winner in the 200 meter race,
and standing on the podium with Tommie Smith and John Carlos, please read this story! Have tissues ready!



Tommie Smith and John Carlos honored Peter Norman, for what he did, and were pallbearers at his funeral and

At the funeral both Smith and Carlos gave the eulogy, where they announced that the U.S. Track and Field association had declared the day of his death to be “Peter Norman Day” – the first time in the organization’s history that such an honor had been bestowed on a foreign athlete.

Respect: Tommie Smith (left) and John Carlos carry the coffin of Peter Norman from Williamstown Town Hall in Melbourne in 2006.