Floyd Simmons
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| Born | April 10, 1923 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | April 1, 2008 (aged 84) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Floyd Macon Simmons (April 10, 1923 – April 1, 2008) was an American
Biography
Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Simmons was the son of a builder and former football coach of Davidson College. Nicknamed "Chunk" by his mother as he was her "little chunk of love". [1] Simmons played football for Central High School in Charlotte where he graduated in 1942.[2]
During World War II he served with the
He competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, England in the decathlon where he won the bronze medal. He repeated this feat four years later in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he again won the bronze medal.
I chose 10 events and not just one pigeonhole, I didn’t want to do just high hurdles or the shot. I wanted to do it all. I suppose I still do.[3]
In addition to competing in sports Simmons was contracted to
Simmons continued to compete in Masters athletics into his 80s. He died in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 84.
Notes
- ^ Floyd Simmons. olympics.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "Redirecting to Google Groups".
- ^ http://ncpreptrack.org/ChunkSimmons.html
- ^ "Watusi (1959) - Notes - TCM.com". Archived from the original on 2015-05-31.
- ^ p.11 Corsicana Daily Sun 26 December 1957
External links
- Floyd Simmons at IMDb
- Floyd Simmons Obituary https://web.archive.org/web/20101126010007/http://masterstrack.com/2008/04/2528/
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[2] DigitalNC, Interview, Floyd Simmonshttps://lib.digitalnc.org/record/24744https://goldmine.charlotte.edu/index/render/pid/uncc:li Interview, Floyd Simmons
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