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DeHart Hubbard returned to Cincinnati after he graduated, with honors, from Michigan. He joined the Cincinnati Recreation Commission as the supervisor of the Department of Colored Work, serving his community in that capacity until 1941. That year he became the manager of Valley Homes, a housing project built for war workers in Lincoln Heights.
William DeHart Hubbard né le 25 novembre 1903 à Cincinnati et mort le 23 juin 1976 à Cleveland est un athlète américain spécialiste du saut en longueur . Premier sportif afro-américain à remporter une médaille d'or olympique dans une épreuve individuelle, et ancien détenteur du record du monde de la discipline, Hubbart est ...
Hubbard's leap of 24-feet-5-inches at the 1924 games in Paris easily outdistanced the competition and earned him a place of honor in Olympic history. From 1923-25, there was no better athlete on the University of Michigan campus than Hubbard. The track and field star from Cincinnati, Ohio, set U-M standards that stood for several years.
7.89. William DeHart Hubbard was the first Black athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal when he won the long jump at the 1924 Paris Games. A versatile multi-event competitor, he also represented the U.S. in the triple jump in 1924 and again long jumped at the 1928 Olympics. While at the University of Michigan, Hubbard won the NCAA ...
30 de jun. de 1996 · Hubbard died in 1976 at the age of 72 in Cleveland. A few days later, Dillard wrote in the Cleveland Press: "There are many I'm sure who owe a debt to DeHart Hubbard who have little or no idea who ...
William DeHart Hubbard (Cincinnati, 25 de novembre de 1903 - Cleveland, 23 de juny de 1976) va ser un atleta estatunidenc, especialista en el salt de llargada i curses de velocitat, que va competir durant la dècada de 1920.Fou el primer atleta afroamericà en guanyar un or olímpic en una prova individual.. El 1924 va prendre part en els Jocs Olímpics de París, on disputà dues proves del ...
7 de ene. de 2022 · DeHart Hubbard was a long jumper, the son of a steel mill worker from Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in 1903, he first attended the segregated Douglass Elementary School and then the predominantly white Walnut Hills High School. A proud Cincinnatian, he made a name for himself in football and track at the amateur level.
