There is a depressing coda to the Owens story, however, for the hero of the Berlin Games subsequently returned home to an America that was itself tainted by profound racial discrimination.
As a high-school student at Exeter, when all his political friends wanted to intern for the liberal hero Ted Kennedy, Orszag went to work for a far less glamorous figure Tom Daschle.
He was also the model for Tarzan, the hero of Disney's summer movie of that name.
The judging panel included former World and Commonwealth champion Liz McColgan, who was the Scottish ambassador for the Unsung Hero award along with BBC Radio Scotland's Sports Weekly programme.
When Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 by Jonathan Cape, it inaugurated a tradition for the spy hero: individualistic, unconcerned with class and handy with a deadly weapon, within a society that would attach this image to many sides of what we know as the Cold War.
However, Jamie Murphy, often the goal hero for the Steelmen, could not find the net with the resultant penalty kick.
As a young, black female, my protagonist, Ananiya, is the most unlikely hero for the revolution.
Then he'll go home and nod with satisfaction at his own little armory, telling himself that when the time comes for him to become the hero of his own action movie, he'll be ready.
Mr Williams is now in contention for the UK Unsung Hero award made at Liverpool's Echo Arena on Sunday 14 December.
Emma Hamilton, before she married the British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and became notorious for her relationship with the hero of the Battle of the Nile, had in fact been a London prostitute.
It is the morning after the night before for our hero - and he is hobbling around the team hotel on crutches.
Houston, in a variety of glitzy costumes, belts a few forgettable songs for the soundtrack album and flings herself repeatedly at the taciturn hero, begging him for both sex and manly state-of-the-art security.
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Spider-Man is not the best first outing for a hero, that honour still belongs to the man from Kryton, Superman, but Spidey could be crawling to a close second.
McCartney, 37, was honored last November as the CNN Hero of the Year for her efforts in St.
Shah was the unlikely bowling hero for England, with two wickets in the 18th over.
Nicky Shaw, a late replacement for the injured Jenny Gunn, was the unlikely hero, claiming 4-34 as the Kiwis were dismissed for 166 in 47.2 overs.
Rob Reale of New York City started a Facebook group soon after the crash for the "Fans of Sully Sullenberger -- and the crew of Flight 1549" to celebrate the pilot who is being hailed as a hero for deftly landing the plane.
Cech was the hero for Chelsea in Champions League, and this game showed why.
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"I think the hero for us this game was Thornton, " coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Substitute goalkeeper Mohamed Khamis proved to be the hero for the islanders who saved two Zambian penalties.
So there we were, in 1986, two conservative pups waiting at gate 65 for the arrival of our hero, Bill Buckley.
Next to the door is the company's proprietary 30-pin Hero port for connecting the camera to either of the aforementioned BacPacs.
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Goalkeeper Essam Al Hadary was the hero for the hosts, saving two penalty kicks, while Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba and Bakary Kone missed theirs.
The hero for the Claret and Amber then was keeper Smith and the highlight of the first half was his save from Miller on 32 minutes.
"Mossadeq unexpectedly has become more of a hero for the younger generation as well, " Bakhash said, with memories carried on in families and lessons taught in universities.
Dario Monteiro was the hero for Mozambique when he grabbed the winner in Maputo in the 83rd minute after he beat the offside trap and slammed the ball home from the edge of the penalty area.
Shearer, formerly a prolific striker for the side and a hero among the fans, told the club's Web site it marked the "worst moment of his career" but would not confirm whether he would stay on to manage the club next season.
Running in parallel with the trials of love is an account of the earliest vibrators, as developed for therapeutic purposes by our hero, the irony being that, without realizing it, he is, like Charlotte, in the business of female liberation.
Malcolm, who achieved fame in the early sixties as a compelling spokesman for the black-pride philosophy of the Nation of Islam, is an unlikely hero for a big-studio prestige picture: he begins as a predatory street criminal, becomes a studious Muslim ascetic, and fulfills himself as a scourge.
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