Monday, April 7th, 2008
1940: Born June 23 in St. Bethlehem, Clarksville, Tennessee
1944: Diagnosed with Polio
1952: Joined the High School Basketball Team
1956: Won Bronze Medal 4X100 at Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia
1960: Won 3 Gold Medals (100m, 200m, 4×100 Relay) at Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy
1960: Won United Press Athlete & Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year
1961: Wilma’s father dies
1961: Won James E. Sullivan Award
1962: Retires from Track Competition
1963: Married Robert Eldridge
1967: Vice-President Hubert Humphrey asked Wilma to help in Operation Champion
1973: National Black Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame
1974: Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame
1977: Published autobiography Wilma
1977: NBC Movie Wilma: The Story of Wilma Rudolph aired.
1980: Tennesse State name indoor track after Wilma Rudolph
1981: Established the Wilma Rudolph Foundation
1983: Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
1994: Died from brain cancer
1994: Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame
1994: Wilma Rudolph Boulevard named in Clarksville
2004: United States Postal Service issued a 23 cent postage stamp of Wilma Rudolph
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