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Updated May 19 Lee Evans, record-setting sprinter and 1968 Olympic activist, dies at age 74 Lee Evans won gold in the 400 meters in Mexico City shortly after teammates Tommie Smith and John Carlos were sent home for raising their fists on the medals stand. Associated Press Share United States runners Lee Evans, center, Larry James, left, and Ron Freeman are shown after receiving their medals for the 400-meter race at the Mexico City Olympics in Mexico City on Oct. 18, 1968. Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday at...

AP LAGOS, Nigeria — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday. He was 74. USA Track and Field confirmed Evans’ death. The San Jose Mercury News reported that Evans’ family had started a fundraiser in hopes of bringing him back to the U.S. from Nigeria, where he coached track, to receive medical care after he suffered a stroke last week. Evans became the first man to crack 44 seconds in the 400 meters, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86. His victory came shortly after his teammates, Tommie...

Olympic gold medalist, world record holder, USATF Hall of Famer and human rights activist Lee Evans died Wednesday at age 74.   Evans, who was born Feb. 25, 1947, in Madera, California, gained the national spotlight as part of San Jose State's legendary sprint program, after a storied career at Overfelt High School. He won the first of his five U.S. titles at 400 meters in 1966.   After capturing the NCAA 400m crown in 1968, Evans went on to win the final Olympic Trials at Echo Summit in a then-world record 44.06, and then raced into the history books at Mexico City with a stunning 43.86 t...

US 400m great and rights activist Lee Evans dies at 74 Issued on: 19/05/2021 - 22:35 Gold medal winner: Lee Evans (centre) crosses the finish line of the Men's 400m final at the 1968 Mexico Olympics - EPU/AFP/File 3 min Los Angeles (AFP) Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m champion and a founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, has died at the age of 74, USA Track and Field said Wednesday. The USATF did not give a cause of death, but the San Jose Mercury News reported that Evans suffered a stroke last week in Nigeria and had remained u...

Punch Newspapers Sections Former American sprinter Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m champion, has died aged 74, The PUNCH reports. Evans suffered a stroke last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, and has been on life support at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo. Retired footballer and 1980 AFCON winner Segun Odegbami, a close friend of Evans, confirmed the death of the retired athlete and coach on WhatsApp platform Family United By Sports Wednesday night. Odegbami wrote, “For my brother and friend, Lee Edward Evans – it is sunset!” Evans died while in a coma a...