Louis Clarke

Louis Alfred " Pinky " Clarke ( born November 23, 1901 in Statesville, North Carolina; † February 24, 1977 in Fishkill, New York) was an American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

1923 won Clarke, a student at Johns Hopkins University, the NCAA championships over 100 yards. In the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 he won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay with a new world record, along with his team-mates Loren Murchison, Frank Hussey and Alfred LeConey, ahead of the teams from Great Britain ( silver) and the Netherlands ( bronze).

1924 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 metres relay Al LeConey David Jacobs (Welsh athlete) Henry Macintosh Charley Paddock Jackson Scholz Frank Wykoff James Quinn (athlete) Charles Borah Henry Russell (athlete) Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Hector Dyer Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Dean Smith (athlete) Lindy Remigino Thane Baker Leamon King Ira Murchison Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Martin Lauer Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes Charles Greene (athlete) Ronnie Ray Smith Jim Hines Larry Black Robert Taylor (sprinter born 1948) Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart (athlete) Lam Jones Millard Hampton Nikolay Sidorov Ron Brown (American football) Calvin Smith Carl Lewis Leroy Burrell Michael Marsh (athlete) Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Jon Drummond Bernard Williams (athlete) Brian Lewis (athlete) Maurice Greene (athlete) Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Nesta Carter Michael Frater Asafa Powell Yohan Blake
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