Sports & Recreation
Audrey Patterson-Tyler
Tyler was the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal.
track and field
track and field Index
Sports & Recreation
Rodney Milburn
Rodney Milburn was born in Opelousas and competed successfully at Southern University in Baton Rouge before becoming the world’s best high hurdler in the early 1970s.
Sports & Recreation
Rolland Romero
Rolland Romero was the youngest member of the 1932 US Olympic team and the world-record holder in his event at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Sports & Recreation
Tad Gormley
In 1965, New Orleans's City Park Stadium was renamed to honor Olympic coach Tad Gormley.
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