Marshawn Terrell Lynch was born April 22, 1986.Marshawn grew up in Oakland, California with three siblings. David Lynch, Devonte Lynch, and his sister Marreesha Lynch. They were all raised by his mother Delisa Lynch. Who once held 200-meter track record at Oakland technical high school the school Marshawn later attended. While at Oakland technical high school Marshawn was a four-sport star in football, Basketball, Track, and Wrestling. In the 2003 season Lynch amassed 1,722 yards and 23 touchdowns in only eight regular season games, and an additional 375 yards and 10 touchdowns in two post season games. He was voted prep star and super prep star all-American and was voted San Francisco East bay Player of the year. In basketball he played on the Oakland tech’s team alongside Leon Powe. Lynch took his team to the state semi-finals. He also excelled in track and field, where he mostly competed as sprinter, but also in jumping events. He recorded a personal best of 10.94 in the hundred yard dash as a senior, While also posting top leap at 1.94mm (6ft, 4in) in the high jump and 6.38 meters (20ft,10in) in the long jump. …show more content…
Also contained a 10.285 million in guarantees. Lynch started for the buffalo bills at running back. In his first NFL game on September 9, he gained 90 yards on 19 carries and scored his very first NFL touchdown. But fell short of the victory 14-15 loss to the Denver broncos. But his outbreak game was against the Cincinnati Bengals.He rushed 29 times and gained 153 yards, including a 56 yard touchdown run. He also threw and completed a great pass to Robert Royal, it also was the first non-quarterback pass completed since
Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 28, 1958. He grew up in a small scale two bedroom house that was within a substandard neighborhood with this eight brothers and sisters, along with their parents
On June 26th 1974, in Pequannock, New Jersey, Derek Sanderson Jeter was born. His parents were Charles Jeter and Dorothy Connors. His parents had a rare relationship for their time. Charles was african american and Dorothy was white. In the 1960s marriage of separate races was frowned upon but they loved each other and made it work. When Derek was still a small child, Charles moved the family to Kalamazoo, Michigan. This is where practically Dereks whole childhood took place.
He was born on July 25, 1953 in Colombia, Mississippi. He had two other siblings, a brother and a sister. Their names are Eddie and Pamela. He was never a competitive player so he stood supportively in his brother, Eddie, shadow. So he instead he took an interest in music and learned to play the drums. In the beginning he did not play football but was in the band and ran track and field. He did not take an interest in football until
During his high school years, he dominated the track-and-field sport, which was the only sport he was allowed to do. Ray was so good that he even tried out for the 1928 Olympics as a 400meter runner. He came in fourth place, making it into Canada’s team. He didn’t get to compete, however, as a white runner was favoured the place. That didn’t stop him from going to university, and he went to the Milwaukee’s Marquette University in Wisconsin, USA. There, he was able to keep running as part of the Central Relay Team that won the United States National Schoolboy Championships in 1928 and 1929. From there, he was able to be the National Track and Field Champion in 1929. After his university education, he had to go back to Canada to become a porter.
While attending high school, Jackie played a variety of sports including running track, and playing
As a young male, Owens worked in groceries, loaded freight cars, and even worked in a shoe repair shop. (www.anb.org). During this time period, Jesse Owens realized he had a passion for running. He was encouraged mainly by his Junior High Track coach, Charles Riley. Riley started a rigorous training program for Owens in morning sessions before school because Owens worked. Within a year, Owens was running the 100-yard dash in eleven seconds and in 1928 he set two world records for his age group in the high jump, at six feet, and the long jump, at twenty-two feet, eleven and three-quarters inches (jesse-owens.org). However Owens did not come to full attention until High...
An athlete’s college career is something seldom used when determining the best players at each position to play professional football. To seriously distinguish between whether Manning or Brady is the best quarterback of their generation their college careers must be carefully examined. Manning, a farm-boy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 24, 1976 ("Peyton Manning Career Biography and Statistics | SportHaven.com"). His father attended Ole Miss, where he is very well known, but Peyton, when making his decision chose to attend the hated University of Tennessee. As a Tennessee Vol, Peyton Manning, not only set records, but also posted astronomical numbers. He won his first start as quarterback, 10-9 against Washington State, and lead the team t...
Throughout his childhood and teenage years Terry has shown strong determination to achieve his goals. As a child Terry had always wanted to play basketball for his school. Unfortunately, he was not very good at this sport. He practiced until in eighth grade when he made the basketball team. His coach advised him to take up a different sport such as running or soccer due to his short height. Although
Herschel walker was born in March 3 1962 in Wrightsville Georgia. Herschel was one of the seven children his mother and father. Herschel mother Christine Walker called him the runt of the family because he was least athletic of his brother and sisters. As a child he was overweight and had a speech impediment Walker's mother taught him not to use these problems as excuses in life.
Narrative: Michael Jackson was born and grew up in a strict working family in Gary, Indiana, USA on August 29, 1958. Jackson showed an early interest in music as did most of his family. His mother sang frequently, his father Joseph Jackson played guitar in a small-time R&B band, his older brothers often sang and played with their father’s guitar. Soon the family singing group started, with Michael as the main puppet and four of his older brothers. “After all it seemed to be the simplest way to earn money to feed so many kids said Joseph Jackson”. If you can't feed your kids teach them how to feed themselves. Anyway Michael soon outgrew his brothers with his unique talent not just for singing but for dancing as well. Jackson’s father, who is a controlling supposedly abusive father. "My father beat me. It was difficult to take being beaten and then going onstage.
Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee was born on March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. During his childhood years, he was exposed to the culture of the time which included the civil rights era. He grew up in Georgia then moved to Brooklyn, NY. His parents were educated members of society with his father being a jazz musician and his mother being a schoolteacher. He attended Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta Univer...
Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, MD. He was born to his Mother Norma Marshall and Father William Marshall. In his lifetime he was a civil Right Activist, Lawyer, Circuit Court Judge & Solicitor General, and a Supreme Justice. He died at the age 84 on January 24, 1993. He was married twice in his lifetime first to Vivien "Buster" Burey till her death in 1955 then to Cecilia Suyat till his death. He had two sons by his second wife Thurgood Marshall. Jr and John W. Marshall.
They were the only black family in their neighborhood, and the prejudice they encountered only strengthened their bond. Jackie attended John Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College, where he was an excellent athlete and played four sports which included football, basketball, track, and baseball. He was named that region's Most Valuable Player in baseball in 1938. Robinson's older brother, Matthew Robinson, inspired Jackie to pursue his talent and love for athletics. Matthew won a silver medal in the 200 meter dash just behind Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in
Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. His parents were Jerry and Mallie Robinson. They lived on a small farm and worked as sharecroppers. Sharecroppers are people who rent land and pay the owner of the land some of their crops. After about a year of his life his father left his family of five children.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29,1958, in Gary, Indiana. Michael was the fifth child of nine siblings (Maureen, Jackie Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Latoya, Janet and Rand) born to his parents, Joseph and Katherine Jackson. "His father, Joseph, was a crane operator and his mother, Katherine, an employee for Sears, Roebuck and Company" (Thompson, 1991, p.466). With his mother and father both having a love for music, Michael and his siblings grew up playing instruments singing and dancing from an early age. "When their kids were