Word: speedster
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remaining in the South to play college ball, but he had heard all too often from coaches that at 5'11 and 180 pounds, he lacked the size to play quarterback. Patterson had intended on enrolling at the University of Memphis, but Murphy caught wind of the athletic speedster, and soon enough, TP found his way to the Ivy League...
...degree from Ohio State in one of its drawers, he was able to support himself only by racing against horses as a sort of sideshow at Negro League baseball games. To TIME, he was variously the "coffee-colored" Owens, "the world's fastest blackamoor" or "the dusky speedster." But to Jackie Robinson and millions of other black Americans, he was inspiration and paladin, a sign of things to come...
...only a month since Speedster Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals, galloping into first base, had spiked First Baseman Jackie Robinson. Jackie, the first avowed Negro in the history of big-league baseball, looked at his ripped stocking and bleeding leg. It might have been an accident, but Jackie didn't think so. Neither did a lot of others who saw the play. Jackie set his teeth and said nothing. He didn't dare...
Other players, such as wingback Cleo A. O'Donnell Jr. '44, had played for Harvard in 1942 and returned to the team after tours of duty in the war. O'Donnell, a pint-sized speedster, was elected captain in the fall of '42, but joined the Marines before getting the chance to lead. He was again elected captain by the '46 squad...
...Boxster, Porsche's six-cylinder $39,980 speedster, its first new sports car in 19 years. The car is being sold with throwback-apparel options such as goggles and a racing hood...