Muhammad Ali Alumni Photos Page 11
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[LS.Uniform#4]
Headline: 57 Cassius Clay 1960 Olympics
Caption: LS.Uniform#4–1960: Cassius Clay of the USA stands on
the medal podium at the the Olympic Games in Rome after winning
the boxing light-heavyweight title. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of
Poland, the man he beat in the final, is on his left. It was the
first appearance in international sport for the man later known
as Muhammad Ali. Clay was extremely proud to be an Olympic
champion and represent the USA, but when he returned to his home
in Louisville and turned professional, he was involved in a
scuffle when he attempted to get service in a whites-only
restaurant. He realized from that experience that he was not the
All-American hero he had been led to believe because of the color
of his skin, and in a fit of disillusionment he threw his gold
medal into a river. As the worldÕs outstanding professional boxer,
he raised the dignity and profile of the black man and helped to
diminish racial prejudice. Mandatory Credit: IOC/Allsport
Photographer: IOC / Allsport
Title: IOC / Allsport
Credit: IOC / Allsport
City: ROME
Country: ITA
Date: 19600101
Object Name: LS.Uniform#4
Caption Writer: Rivenburg
Special: Mandatory Credit: IOC/Allsport
Category: S
Supplemental Category 1: OLY
Supplemental Category 2: BOX
Source: 02¥ALLSPORT UK
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World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali chats on the phone with a friend in his room on his arrival in Houston, Feb. 20, 1967. The champ was silent on his thoughts about his draft status referring all questions to his New York attorney. The Houston Selective Service appeals board refused his appeal for a deferment. He was trying for a deferment on grounds that he is a Muslim minister. Ali starts training tomorrow for his title defense against Zora Folley on March 22 in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky)
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Chicago Bears all-pro running back Walter Payton keeps a firm grip on playful punch world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali waves at him in Chicago, April 8, 1979. Ali received the Humanitarian of the Year award from the Coalition for Community Action, an organization promoting equal employment opportunities in the construction industry. (AP Photo/Charles Kenneth Lucas)
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FILE – In this Nov. 15, 1962, file photo, young heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, points to a sign he wrote on a chalk board in his dressing room before his fight against Archie Moore in Los Angeles, predicting he’d knock Moore out in the fourth round, which he went on to do. The sign also predicts Clay will be the next champ via a knockout over Sonny Liston in eight rounds. He did it in seven rounds. Ali turns 70 on Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian, File)
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PHOENIX, AZ – MARCH 27: Former heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali (C) and wife Lonnie Ali (L) arrives at ‘Celebrity Fight Night X’, a charity event to raise money for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center at Barrow Neurological Institute March 27, 2004, in Pheonix, Arizona. The ‘Muhammad Ali Awards’ are a way to acknowledge leaders in sports, entertainment and business communities who best represent the qualities associated with Ali’s fight to find a cure. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
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Close-up of, from left, American boxer Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay), boxing promotor Don King, and Ali’s brother, Rahman Ali (born Rudolph Clay) at a public training session in the Folk Arts Center, Manila, Philippines, mid to late September 1975. Ali was in the Philippines for a bout, with Joe Frazier, billed as ‘The Thrilla in Manila.’ It was the third time the men had fought–Ali emerged victorious. (Photo by Lawrence Schiller/Polaris Communications/Getty Images)
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January 1963 – Pittsburgh: Boxing heavyweight contender Cassius Clay (now Muhammad Ali) reclining bare-chested in hotel room and pointing finger while expounding on boxing. (Photo by Marvin Lichtner/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 27: Muhammad Ali looks on during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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I AM THE GREATEST — Pictured: Muhammad Ali — Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank
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-Text: Text: Mrs. Cassius Clay Sr. (Odessa) Mother of Muhammad Ali. Courier-Journal photo by R.C. Fuller March 21, 1963 Location: 7307 Verona Way PUBLICATION PROHIBITED Authority to publish or copy MUST be obtained from Courier-Journal management. To obtain permission call 502-582-4601. 525 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40201.
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In this March 18, 2016 photo, the childhood home of Muhammad Ali is seen in Louisville, Ky. Two investors purchased the home and are restoring it to how it looked with Ali’s family lived there, including its original pink color. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)
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