Billy Brown (athlete)
William Tennant "Billy" Brown (August 3, 1918 – December 29, 2002) was an American triple jumper, long jumper and sprinter. Between 1936 and 1943 he won six national outdoor championship titles in the triple jump and three in the long jump. He was the long jump world leader in 1941 and held the American record in the triple jump from 1941 to 1956. He competed in the triple jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics, placing 17th.
Brown was born in Baker, Louisiana on August 3, 1918. He studied at Baker High School and led the school's track and field team; additionally, he was a good scholastic basketball player. He set long-standing Louisiana state high school records in both the long jump (then known as the broad jump) and the triple jump (then hop, step and jump); his triple jump mark was a national high school record.
Brown won his first national (AAU) senior championship title in the triple jump as a high school junior in 1936; he jumped 49 ft 2 in (14.98 m), defeating both defending champion Rolland Romero and 1934 champion Dudley Wilkins. He also won the AAU junior championship that year. At the 1936 United States Olympic Trials, held separately a week after the AAU meet, Brown placed third behind Romero and Wilkins with a jump of 49 ft 1 in (14.96 m); the top three qualified for the Olympic Games in Berlin. The 17-year-old Brown was the youngest athlete on the men's Olympic track squad. In Berlin he was not at his best and placed 17th, reaching 14.36 m (47 ft 1 3⁄4 in) on his best attempt.
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