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    Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan (September 29, 1908 – January 30, 1967), nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed...
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    Robert Tolan (born November 19, 1945) is an American former professional baseball center fielder / right fielder, and coach, who played in Major League...
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  • architect Eddie Tolan (1908–1967), American athlete and sprinter John H. Tolan (1877–1947), U.S. Representative from California John V. Tolan, historian...
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    Games—Archie Hahn (1904), Ralph Craig (1912), Percy Williams (1928), Eddie Tolan (1932), Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956), Valeriy Borzov (1972)...
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  • American Eddie Tolan in a world record-equalling time of 10.38 seconds. Teammate Ralph Metcalfe won the silver and was credited with the same time as Tolan. It...
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    by Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in 1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956, Valeriy Borzov in...
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    goes back to 1926 when Eddie Tolan and his teammate Loving won the interscholastic track meet at Northwestern University. Tolan came to be known as the...
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  • George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (d. 1996) 1908 – Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (d. 1967) 1909 – Virginia Bruce, American...
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    100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at Los Angeles and then to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in...
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    September 16, 1920 10.4 Charley Paddock Redlands, USA April 23, 1921 0.0 Eddie Tolan Stockholm, Sweden August 8, 1929 Copenhagen, Denmark August 25, 1929...
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