- Collection
- Barney Ewell Collection
- Title
- Program for the dedication of the Henry Norwood "Barney" Ewell State Historical Marker
- Object ID
- MG0305_F003
- Date Range
- 2018/10/17
-meter sprints in 1940 and
1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and returned home to win more
national titles in the long jump and earned his B.S. at Penn State.
Ewell, at age 30, finally had his chance to compete with the best athletes in the world at
the 1948 Olympic Games which were