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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track shorts worn by Edwin Moses

1987

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A pair of white and blue track shorts worn by Edwin Moses. The shorts are blue with white borders around legs and white panels at the sides. There is a white Kappa logo of a man and a woman sitting back-to-back at the bottom of the proper left leg. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.10.2
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track shorts worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics

1968

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A pair of Wilson track shorts, size 24, worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics. The shorts are navy blue. The shorts have an elastic waistband and leg holes. They are not lined. A white label is stitched to the interior center back waist band…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.52.4
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track suit for the TSU Tigerbelles worn by Chandra Cheeseborough

1977

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A jacket and pair of pants that are a two-piece warm-up track suit for the Tennessee State University Women's track team, the Tigerbelles, worn by Chandra Cheeseborough. 1. A long-sleeve jacket with a collar and zipper front closure. The jacket is an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.218.1-.2
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Track to Bobsledding crossover medallion owned by Vonetta Flowers

after 2002

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A Track to Bobsledding Crossover medallion owned by Vonetta Flowers. The medallion has a red, white, and blue woven strap. There are six (6) alternating red and white vertical stripes, three of each color, going vertically up, around, and down the inside…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.67.4
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track uniform for the Santa Monica Track Club worn by Carl Lewis

1990

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Blue Santa Monica Track Club leotard made of shiny synthetic spandex fabric. The leotard has a tank style top with racer back connected at the center of the front and verso to a brief style bottom leaving the sides of the torso as open cut-outs. There is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.68
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Sports & Achievement

Tracy Dildy

1966–

Tracy Heath Dildy (born November 26, 1966) is an American college basketball coach. As of January 2019 he was an assistant coach at Detroit Mercy. He is also the former head men's basketball coach for Chicago State University, replacing Benjy Taylor as…

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Sports & Achievement

Tracy Ham

1965–

Tracy Ham (born January 5, 1964) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for the Edmonton Eskimos, the Toronto Argonauts, the Baltimore Stallions, and the Montreal Alouettes. He…

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Sports

Tracy Harris Patterson

1964–

Tracy Harris Patterson (born December 26, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2000. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title in 1992 to 1994, and…

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Sports & Achievement

Tracy Rocker

1966–

Tracy Quinton Rocker (born April 9, 1966) is an American football coach and former player who most recently served as the defensive line coach for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played as a defensive tackle in the NFL. After…

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Sports & Achievement

Tracye Lawyer

1977–

Tracye Lawyer (born August 28, 1977, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and cartilage preservation, and a former heptathlete and soccer player. As an athlete she competed in the heptathlon for…

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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Trading cards featuring Briana Scurry

2000

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Two trading cards featuring Briana Scurry. The front of the card depicts during the 1999 Women's World Cup. Scurry is shown with her arms raised in the air, wearing a blue goalie uniform, blue shorts, and white and blue goalie gloves. The image of Scurry…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.58.11.1-.2
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Sports

Trae Coyle

2001–

Trae Bailey Coyle (born 11 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford.

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Tools and Equipment

Training boxing glove signed by Cassius Clay

1964

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Buff colored left handed training glove signed by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). In ink, in the upper portion of the front of the glove, is a signed note referring to Clay as the next Heavyweight Champion. [From / Cassius Clay / Jan / 1964 / Next Heavyweight…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.173.2.1
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Tools and Equipment

Training boxing gloves used and signed by Cassius Clay

1960

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Dark red brown training boxing gloves worn by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and signed in Louisville, as indicated by the penned note inside the left glove near the wrist. Gloves are edged in faded yellow fabric and tied with dark, faded strings. Stitching…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.173.3ab
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Training robe worn by Muhammad Ali at the 5th Street Gym

1964

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White terry cloth Everlast robe worn by Muhammad Ali at the 5th Street Gym. Robe includes a terry cloth belt. On the front right panel, situated on the upper chest, is a label for the brand in worn black letters. [EVERLAST/MADE IN U. S. A./Made Expressly…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.173.1ab
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Sports

Tramaine Williams

1992–

Tramaine Dashon Williams (born November 2, 1992) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF-USBA and WBO-NABO junior featherweight titles from 2019 to July 2020.

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Tools and Equipment

Travel bag used by Tommie Smith for the 1968 Olympics

1968

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A 1968 Olympic travel bag. The navy bag has rounded corners on the top. The front panel of the bag and the back panel of the bag are trimmed in white. There is a metal zipper going along the top center of the bag. The zipper pull reads [TALON] and has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.110.3
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Inventions

Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr.

1840–1888

Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (November 6, 1840 - March 26, 1888) was an African American politician, civic leader, and entrepreneur. He served as a farmer, teamster, baseball player, barber, politician, storekeeper, clerk, messenger, businessman, journalist,…

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Sports

Travis Dawkins

1979–

Travis Sentell "Gookie" Dawkins (born May 12, 1979) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals.

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Sports & Achievement

Travis Padgett

1986–

Travis Padgett (born December 13, 1986) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for the United States. He was an All-American and national champion sprinter at Clemson University. He broke the NCAA collegiate record at the 2008 US…

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Sports

Travis Patterson

2005–

Travis Patterson (born 6 October 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Aston Villa. Patterson is a product of the Aston Villa Academy, having joined the club at under-9 level, he has represented…

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Sports & Achievement

Travis Pearson

1971–

Travis Pearson (born July 25, 1971) is an American college football coach and former professional player who is currently the defensive backs coach for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He played seven seasons in the Arena…

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Sports

Travis Simms

1971–

Travis Simms (born May 1, 1971) is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, where he represents the 140th Assembly District. The district consists of the central part of the city of Norwalk. He previously served on Norwalk's Common…

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Sports

Trayvon Bromell

1995–

Trayvon Jaquez Bromell (born July 10, 1995) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events. He won bronze medals in the 100 meters at the 2015 and 2022 World Championships. Bromell was the 2016 World indoor 60 meters…

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