Born January 1, 1939, Money, Miss.

Another track great from Tennessee State University, Willye White was the top U.S. woman long jumper in the 1960s and was the first woman to compete for the U.S. in five Olympics.

She first appeared in Olympic competition at Melbourne in 1956, taking the silver medal. In 1960, she failed to qualify for the final but four years later got another silver medal in the 4 x 100 relay after a 12th in the long jump. She was 11th in the long jump in both 1968 and 1972 in her other two Olympic appearances. She sandwiched a Pan American Games championship in 1963 around a pair of third places in that meet in 1959 and 1967. A veteran of numerous other international competitions, White won a dozen National AAU long jump titles, 11 outdoors. She also lengthened the national long jump record seven times.