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Eddie tolan biography

          Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan (September 29, – January 30, ), nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed..

          Eddie Tolan

          US Olympic sprinter

          Tolan in 1932

          BornSeptember 29, 1908
          Denver, Colorado, U.S.
          DiedJanuary 30, 1967 (aged 58)
          Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
          Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
          Weight143 lb (65 kg)
          SportAthletics
          Event(s)100 m, 200 m
          Personal best(s)100 m – 10.38 (1932)
          200 m – 20.9y (1931)[1][2]

          Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan (September 29, 1908 – January 30, 1967),[3][4] nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints.

          Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan, nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints.

        1. Eddie Tolan was an American sprinter, the first black athlete to win two Olympic gold medals.
        2. Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan (September 29, – January 30, ), nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed.
        3. In , Tolan ran the first official for y and took his first major championship with a double victory in the AAU sprints.
        4. Tolan, using his compact frame, became the first Black athlete to win two Olympic gold medals, besting rival Ralph Metcalfe in both the and meters.

          5. He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He was the first non-Euro-American to receive the title of the "world's fastest human" after winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

          In March 1935, Tolan won the 75, 100 and 220-yard events at the World Professional Sprint Championsh