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Name: Billy Mills
Variant Name: Makata Hela Taka
Birth Date: June 30, 1938
Place of Birth: Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, United States of America
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Native American
Gender: Male
Occupations: track and field athlete

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Biography of Billy Mills
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Billy Mills (born 1938) won what sports writers called the most sensational race ever run in Olympic history. A relative unknown, he came from behind to beat world champion runners in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Miller later became one of the most...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Mills, Billy
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(born June 30, 1938, Pine Ridge, S.D., U.S.) U.S. athlete. Part Oglala Sioux, he spent his early years on a reservation in Pine Ridge and was orphaned at age 12. At the University of Kansas he excelled in track. He became the first American to win an...
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Billy Mills Information
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William ("Billy") Mills (born June 30, 1938) is the only Native American ever to win an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meter run which he did at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. That race has been called the greatest upset in Olympic history.[cite this...


News and Journals
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
Appreciating Billy Mills, true hero
08/29/2001: 600 words, approx. 2 pages
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 08-29-2001 Appreciating Billy Mills, true hero Sometimes heroes come back. It does not happen often and in these days of intense cynicism, even the best of role models can completely disappoint. But Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota, is...
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The Washington Post
Navajo Leslie Chases the Legend of Billy Mills
07/18/2004: 1,651 words, approx. 6 pages
The three grown men sat squat in the bleachers, elbow to elbow. "We read about him the other day in the paper," said Ted Tom Jr., 30. "We told our wives, 'We have to go.' " Freddie Napoleon Jr. and Tom's cousin,...
 


 

Billy Mills

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