Commodore Cochran

Commodore Shelton Cochran ( born January 2, 1902 in Richton, † January 3, 1969 in San Francisco) was an American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

As a student of Mississippi State University won Cochran in 1922 and 1923, the Championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA) over 440 yards. At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 was Cochran first leg of the U.S. 4 x 400 - meter relay, which in the cast Cochran, William Stevenson, Oliver MacDonald and Alan Helffrich in her Olympic victory in 3:16,0 min new world record ran. So you beat the world record of the U.S. relay team that won Olympic gold in 1912.

After finishing his career Cochran coached his 17 years younger brother Roy Cochran, who was to win 1948 gold over the hurdles and the 4 x 400 - meter relay at the Olympic Games.