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Banks, Willie, 1929-1993

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Personal name headingBanks, Willie, 1929-1993
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See alsoCorporate body: Messengers (Gospel group)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1929-05-11
Death date1993-02-01
Profession or occupationGospel musicians
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Found inLegendary groups of gospel, ℗1999: container (Willie Banks)
Wikipedia, Feb. 21, 2017 (Willie Banks; born May 11, 1929, Raymond, Miss., died February 1, 1993, Raymond, Miss.; American gospel musician and originator of his backing band, The Messengers)
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Banks, Willie, 1956-

LC control no.no2017061730
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Personal name headingBanks, Willie, 1956-
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1956-03-11
Place of birthTravis Air Force Base (Calif.)
AffiliationUniversity of California, Los Angeles USA Track & Field
San Diego Sports Institute HSJ, Inc.
Profession or occupationTrack and field athletes Olympic athletes
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Found inAfrican American National Biography, accessed May 12, 2017, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Banks, Willie; William Augustus Banks III; track and field athlete; born 11 March 1956 in Travis Air Force Base, California, United States; finished his undergraduate degree at UCLA (1978) having twice been the runner-up at the NCAA championships; began law school at UCLA; secured a slot in the Olympics in Moscow, but the United States boycotted the games (1980); he set the U.S. record in triple jump (1981); set the European all-comers record (1981) in Stockholm, Sweden; gained a special place among the world's most recognized amateur athletes, finished sixth at the Olympic games, Los Angeles (1984); achieved his greatest athletic success, setting the triple jump world record (1985); was given USA Track and Field's highest honor - the Jesse Owens Award (1985); made the Olympic team for the third time but finished sixth (1988); remained involved with USA Track and Field by serving stints as president of its alumni association and chair of its athletes advisory committee (2002); pursued business ventures under HSJ, Inc.; founded the San Diego Sports Institute (2002))
OCLC, May 15, 2017 (access point: Banks, Willie, 1956- ; Banks, Willie; usage: Willie Banks)
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