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4 unusual facts about Earlene Brown


Earlene Brown

She can be seen as a contestant on the 16th April 1959 edition of You Bet Your Life.

Earlene began her participation in track and field activities as a member of LAPD Deputy Auxiliary Police after it was introduced on September 9, 1943, by Mayor Fletcher Bowron.

From 1959 on, Earlene closely associated with the Tennessee State University 'Tigerbelles' whose coach Ed Temple was also the Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic Women's Track and Field Team.

Since the Browns could not afford to pay for Earlene's training and traveling expenses, Brad Pye Jr., a very influential sports editor of the Los Angeles Sentinel and African-American community activist, led a campaign that raised funds to support her.



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