Close

Shop

Sale!

Jesse Owens 1983 Topps Greatest Olympians #49 Card

$12.99

Earn 13 points upon purchasing this product.

Rare collector’s card of one of the greatest Olympians of all time, Jesse Owens.

Near Mint/Mint

Available on backorder

Use up to 1299 points to purchase this product!

Description

JESSE OWENS BECAME A SPORTING LEGEND FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE 1936 BERLIN GAMES.

Sporting history

In 1935, Jesse Owens made sporting history when he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in the space of 45 minutes. One of these world records, 8.13m in the long jump, would last for 25 years.

Berlin 1936

At the 1936 Berlin Games, Owens won four gold medals, in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump. He managed to break or equal nine Olympic records and also set three world records. One of those world records was in the 4x100m relay. The quartet set a time that wouldn’t be bettered for 20 years.

DEFYING HITLER

Adolf Hitler hoped that the 1936 Berlin Games would prove his theory of Aryan racial superiority. Instead, Owens’ achievements led the people of Berlin to hail him, an African-American, as a hero.

POSTHUMOUS HONOURS

Jesse Owens died of lung cancer in 1980. Since then a street and a school have been named after him in Berlin, two US postage stamps have been issued in his honour, and a memorial park has been opened in Alabama, amongst other tributes.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Jesse Owens 1983 Topps Greatest Olympians #49 Card”
Back to top