This is the 16th piece of a recurring series where the Tribune explores little known historical gems within Matagorda County.

At the crack of the starter's gun, Mal Whitfield broke from his crouch and eased into his power-glide stride. The four-man field in the 500-yd. race whirled around the first turn, Whitfield dead ...

Mal Whitfield: Served in the all-Black Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and later in Korea. He won five track medals — including three gold medals — in two Olympic Games.

At the 1948 U.S. Olympic Trials, he was second in the 400m behind Mal Whitfield, clocking 47.0 to earn an Olympic berth. He also won the AAU indoor 600y title in 1948 and 1949 and added NCAA outdoor ...

Mal Whitfield, a five-time Olympic track medalist, took up that cause in 1964, specifically in a March article for Ebony magazine recounted in the book "Globetrotting: African American Athletes ...

The great race How Connellsville native John Woodruff’s gold-medal run in ’36 dispelled white supremacy and set stage for equality in sports ...

The gangly Wint, 28 years old at the time, won the 400 metres (formerly 440 yards) in London ahead of compatriot and race favourite Herb McKenley, with American Mal Whitfield taking the bronze.

He also won silver in the 800 metres, again coming second to Mal Whitfield. Wint ran his final race in 1953 at Wembley Stadium, finished his internship, and graduated as a doctor.

Whitfield set six world records, won eight United States national titles, was elected to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974 and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 1988. Early ...

She’s the daughter of three-time Olympic gold medalist and National Track and Field Hall of Fame middle-distance runner Mal Whitfield.

One morning around mid 2009, Charles Nderitu Mukora, a former chairman for National Olympic Committee of Kenya and Member of Parliament for Laikipia and I were driven to Windsor Golf Hotel and Country ...

Americans have struggled in the Olympic 800 the past four decades, but before that two of the greatest U.S. winners were Wottle and Ohio State’s Mal Whitfield, who took Olympic gold in 1948 and ...