Wait! There are more Olympic memories.

Monday I mentioned my "Olympic Connections," Bobby Morrow and Earl Young. I then realized that I had yet another connection. Prior to the 1960 Olympics in Rome, the women's Olympic Track and Field trials were held on the ACU campus. It was the summer session, and the athletes and students shared the brand-new dining hall, though they ate a lot better than we did. Or at least a lot more.

Two notable women athletes who made that team were Wilma Rudolph, a sprinter, and Earlene Brown, who competed in shot put and discus. Wilma, who wore a leg brace in childhood as a result of polio, had already medaled in Melbourne, and went on to win gold in the 100 and 200 meter dash and the 400 meter relay in Rome, gaining the title of "World's fastest Woman." She later became a noted civil rights and women's rights pioneer.

Earlene won a bronze medal in the shot put - the only American woman ever to medal in that event. Earlene was not a svelte person. In fact, if you were sitting in the dining hall when she came in, there was a noticeable darkening of the room as the light coming through the door was blocked out. The athletes ate in a private dining area, so I never saw what she considered an adequate meal, but we all agreed that we wanted to go through the line before Earlene.

After her Olympic career, Ms. Brown gained additional fame in the professional Roller Derby circuit, competing under the nom-de-guerre, "Seven-Forty-Seven." I don't think that was a reference to her size, but one can't be sure.

And that, I'm sure, is the totality of my Olympic Connections.