Table of contentsPreface1. BasketballSteve Alford, 1984Quinn Buckner and Scott May, 1976Walt Bellamy, 19602. Track and fieldDerek Drouin, 2012, 2016David Neville, 2008DeDee Nathan, 2000Bob Kennedy, 1992, 1996Jim Spivey, 1984, 1992, 1996Dave Volz, 1992Sunder Nix, 1984Willie May, 1960Milt Campbell, 1952, 1956Greg Bell, 1956Fred Wilt, 1948, 1952Roy Cochran, 1948Charles Hornbostel, 1932, 1936Don Lash, 1936Ivan Fuqua, 1932LeRoy Samse, 19043. SwimmingLilly King, 2016Cody Miller, 2016Blake Pieroni, 2016Gary Hall, 1968, 1972, 1976Jim Montgomery, 1976Mark Spitz, 1968, 1972Mike Stamm, 1972John Kinsella, 1968, 1972Charlie Hickcox, 1968Don McKenzie, 1968Chet Jastremski, 1964, 1968Kathy Ellis, 1964Fred Schmidt, 1964Frank McKinney, 1956, 1960Mike Troy, 1960Bill Woolsey, 1952, 19564. DivingMichael Hixon, 2016Mark Lenzi, 1992, 1996Cynthia Potter, 1972, 1976Lesley Bush, 1964, 1968Ken Sitzberger, 19645. SoccerBrian Maissoneuve, 1996Steve Snow, 1992John Stollmeyer, 1988Angelo DiBernardo, 1984Greg Thompson, 19846. Other sportsMichelle Venturella, 2000, softballMickey Morandini, 1988, baseballDick Voliva, 1936, wrestlingIndiana University OlympiansSourcesPhoto captions and credits

Milt Campbell 1952, 1956 First Black Decathlon Gold Medalist There is melancholy in reflecting on the achievements of Milt Campbell, as great as they were, and as he was. He does not require revisionist history. He does not require the record be set straight. Let the record be known. The fact that he lamented lack of recognition during much of his life does not mean he was wrong. He was right. He could be characterized as the greatest athlete ever to come out of Indiana University, even over Mark Spitz. During the 2012 Olympic track and field trials, all of America's living gold medalists were brought together for the one hundredth anniversary of the decathlon: Campbell, Rafer Johnson, Bill Toomey, Bruce Jenner, Dan O'Brien. The only one who recognized Campbell, or acknowledged him, was Elliott Denman, longtime journalist, fellow New Jersey native, and Olympic teammate. "He was completely overlooked," Denman said, "which to me is the story of his life." Part of the story anyway. Other parts of the story seem more like myth. The abbreviated version: In 1956, Milt Campbell became the first black gold medalist in the Olympic decathlon. He set world records and won an NCAA titles in the hurdles for Indiana University. He played pro football and excelled in swimming, wrestling, judo, tennis, and bowling. "Campbell was, to me, the greatest athlete who ever lived," Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan once said. So there is no valid reason, beyond lack of knowledge and research, as to why forty-eight years after he won a silver in the Olympic decathlon while in high school and forty-four years after he won gold, that Campbell did not make ESPN's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century or its Top 50 Black Athletes survey.