{"id":44,"date":"2020-10-23T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/caw-2020\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2020-10-23T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T21:11:17","slug":"notable-alumni-athletes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wac\/notable-alumni-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Alumni Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.3&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/caw-2020\/files\/2021\/01\/notable-alumni-header-1604&#215;350-1.jpg&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_center&#8221; height=&#8221;350px&#8221; height_tablet=&#8221;160px&#8221; height_phone=&#8221;160px&#8221; height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.3&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;1px|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Roboto|300|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Oswald|600||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#4F2170&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; width=&#8221;557px&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;535px&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;320px&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;125px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;18px|18px|10px|18px|false|false&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;46px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;30px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; background_color_tablet=&#8221;#e5e5e5&#8243; background_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; background_enable_color_tablet=&#8221;on&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>NOTABLE ALUMNI ATHLETES<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.3&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#e5e5e5&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;45px|0px|45px|0px|true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.3&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1440px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb image=&#8221;https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/caw-2020\/files\/2020\/11\/Bobby-Morrow-550&#215;340-1.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Bobby Morrow&#8221; image_max_width_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Lato|900||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Roboto|300|||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#474747&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;4%&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-weight: 400&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span>The late <\/span><b>Bobby Morrow<\/b><span> was often called \u201cthe greatest sprinter of all time.\u201d At age 21 as an ACU junior, he became the first person since Jesse Owens in 1936 to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field at the 1956 Olympic Games.\u00a0He was named <i>Sports Illustrated<\/i> Sportsman of the Year for 1956. 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