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Position: | Fullback | ||||
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Born: | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. | December 9, 1933||||
Died: | November 2, 2012 Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 78)||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Plainfield | ||||
College: | Indiana | ||||
NFL draft: | 1957 / round: 5 / pick: 53 | ||||
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Olympic Games | ||
1956 Melbourne | Decathlon | |
1952 Helsinki | Decathlon |
Milton Gray Campbell (December 9, 1933 – November 2, 2012)[1] was an American decathlete of the 1950s. In 1956, he became the first African American to win the gold medal in the decathlon of the Summer Olympic Games.[2]