Mills, Billy, 1938-

LC control no.	n 93080668
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mills, Billy, 1938- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mills, William Mervin, 1938- Tamakoce Te'Hila, 1938-
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Tokyo (Japan)
Located	Lawrence (Kan.) Sacramento (Calif.)
Birth date	1938-06-30
Place of birth	Pine Ridge (S.D.)
Affiliation	University of Kansas
Profession or occupation	Olympic athletes Authors
Found in	His WOKINI, 1994: CIP t.p. (Billy Mills) data sheet (b. 1938) Wikipedia, September 16, 2022 (William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known as Tamakoce Te'Hila, is an Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 meter run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event. He was the first non-European to win the Olympic event and remains the only winner from the Americas. Attended University of Kansas, graduating in 1962. Author of: Wokini : A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding. Lives near Sacramento, California.) Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: pages 251-252 (Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota born on the Pine Ridge Reservation [South Dakota]. His winning the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo was the first by an American in an Olympic long distance track event. Became a businessman in Sacramento, California.)
Associated language	eng