Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Nashville, Tenn. — New Award For Wilma – Wilma Rudolph, the Olympic sprinter and twice Woman Athlete of the Year, tonight received the Christopher Columbus Award of Genoa, a trophy worth in excess of $10,000 presented annually to the world’s outstanding sports personality. Wilma, the first American to win the trophy, accepted it from her school, Tennessee A&I University. (L-R) Tenn. Sec. of State Joe Carr, A&I president Dr. W. S. Davis, Italian Consul General Roberto Cerchione and Miss Rudolph.
Nashville, Tenn. — New Award For Wilma – Wilma Rudolph, the Olympic sprinter and twice Woman Athlete of the Year, tonight received the Christopher Columbus Award of Genoa, a trophy worth in excess of $10,000 presented annually to the world’s outstanding sports personality. Wilma, the first American to win the trophy, accepted it from her school, Tennessee A&I University. (L-R) Tenn. Sec. of State Joe Carr, A&I president Dr. W. S. Davis, Italian Consul General Roberto Cerchione and Miss Rudolph.
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Nashville, Tenn. — New Award For Wilma – Wilma Rudolph, the Olympic sprinter and twice Woman Athlete of the Year, tonight received the Christopher Columbus Award of Genoa, a trophy worth in excess of $10,000 presented annually to the world’s outstanding sports personality. Wilma, the first American to win the trophy, accepted it from her school, Tennessee A&I University. (L-R) Tenn. Sec. of State Joe Carr, A&I president Dr. W. S. Davis, Italian Consul General Roberto Cerchione and Miss Rudolph.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1963]

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