Jesse Owens · every age
What was Jesse Owens doing at 8?
Four golds in Berlin at 22, then raced horses for a living
- c. 1922
Moved to Cleveland at nine; a teacher renamed him Jesse
She misheard J.C. in his southern accent. He never corrected it.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Portrait: Photo: Acme News Photos (1936), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source