Ed Temple | |
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![]() Ed Temple at the 1960 Olympics | |
Born | Edward Stanley Temple (1927-09-20)September 20, 1927 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | September 22, 2016(2016-09-22) (aged 89) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Education | Tennessee State University |
Occupation | Women'strack and field coach |
Edward Stanley Temple (September 20, 1927 – September 22, 2016) was a women'strack and field pioneer and coach.[1] Temple was Head Women's Track and Field Coach atNashville'sTennessee State University for 44 years and was Head Coach of the U.S.Olympic Women's Track and Field Team twice, in 1960 and 1964, and Assistant Coach in 1980.[2] He was also a member of the International Women's Track & Field Committee and a member of the U.S. Olympic Council.
During his coaching career at Tennessee State University, forty members of the famed Tigerbelle teams represented their countries in Olympic competition. Coach Temple led the team to 34 national titles, and 8 Tigerbelles have been inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, includingWilma Rudolph,Edith McGuire,Wyomia Tyus, andChandra Cheeseborough, the current Women's Coach at TSU.[3]
Temple is a member of nine different Halls of Fame, including theUnited States Olympic Hall of Fame, theNational Track and Field Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, and thePennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.[2] On August 28, 2015, a statue to memorialize Temple was unveiled along a greenway near the right field entrance toFirst Horizon Park, aMinor League Baseball stadium in Nashville.[4] In 2014, Temple was honoured by becoming the firstUSA Track & Field Legend Coach.[5][6]
Temple died on September 22, 2016, following an illness, two days after his 89th birthday.[7]
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