Billy Mills was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the Oglala Lakota people. His mother died when he was 9 years old. Hurting from the loss, young Billy took up sports, believing an article ...
The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Jacob Nielson, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Jan. 24—MITCHELL — One of the faces of the Corn Palace came to life Wednesday morning. Billy Mills, an Olympic Gold ...
Paris — Billy Mills is the only member of one of the most exclusive clubs in U.S. track and field history. When he dashed away from a deep field to win the 10,000 meters on a dirt track in the 1964 ...
BROOKINGS — For 60 years, American distance runners have dreamed of repeating the Olympic 10K victory that Billy Mills notched in 1964. As the XXXIII Olympiad takes place in Paris, Mills remains the ...
A Native American and former Marine who won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics is teaming up with an author and illustrator to publish a children’s picture book about his life. In one of sporting ...
In 1964, America was still reeling from the previous November’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as the country’s youth were mesmerized by “Beatlemania.” Yet something positive of an ...
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