Ollie Matson, a running back, won two medals in the 1952 Olympics and Tommie Smith, who played one season in Cincinnati, won gold in 1968.

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SYDNEY, Australia -- Peter Norman, who shared the victory podium while American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos made their famous"'black power salute" at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, has died aged 64.

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Bud Winter, who at San Jose State University in the 1960s counseled the top sprinters in the world (including Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Lee Evans), was famous for advising his athletes never to put out more than a 90% effort.

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