Honoring our Stripes🐯 Ralph Boston🐅 First person to break the 27 feet (8.2 m) barrier in the long jump, 3 Olympic medals (1960,1964,1968), 2 Pan American Game Medals (1963,1967), National Collegiate Athletic Association title in long jump(1960), Broke the long jump world record (1960, 1961), Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championship in the long jump six times in a row (1961-1966), Longest American triple jump (1963), Field event reporter for the CBS Sports Spectacular coverage of domestic track and field events, USA Track and Field Hall of Fame (1974), U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (1985) 🚨Stay tuned as we continue to Honor our Stripes with more Big Blue Legends🐅💙 #RalphBoston #TrackandField #olympics #BlackHistoryMonth #HonoringourStripes #RoarCity #GoBigBlue #TennesseeStateTrackandField #BigBlueLegends #Legends #TennesseeStateFootball #TennesseeStateUniversity