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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Broderick Trophy awarded to Lusia Harris

1977

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Broderick Trophy for Outstanding Woman Basketball Player (a) and its accompanying wooden mount (b) awarded to Lusia Harris for 1976-1977. The award consists of a round silver plated shallow bowl. The bowl has a wide flat lip with engraving around its…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.29.7ab
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Sports & Achievement

Bronswell Patrick

1970–

Bronswell Dante Patrick (born September 16, 1970) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) and appeared in several international leagues. After his playing career, he…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Bronze medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels for the 4x100 meters relay

1956

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Bronze medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels for the 4x100 meters relay in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics. One side of the medal depicts a raised image of the goddess of victory holding a winner’s crown above her head in one hand and a bundle of palms in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.96.4.1
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Bronze participation medal for the 1936 Berlin Olympics

1936

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A round bronze medal commemorating participation in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The front of the medal features five men standing in a line and stepping up on to a ledge. Written vertically on the left side of the medal's front is: [XI / O / L / Y / M…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.89.8
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Sports

Brooklyn Ilunga

2003–

Brooklyn Ilunga (born 21 November 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a wing-back or winger for Hartlepool United.

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Sports

Brooks Lawrence

1925–2000

Brooks Ulysses Lawrence (January 30, 1925 – April 27, 2000) was an American Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954–1955), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956–1959), and Cincinnati Reds (1960).

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Sports

Bruce Bowen

1971–

Bruce Eric Bowen Jr. (born June 14, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons, winning three NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs.

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Sports

Bruce Carrington

1997–

Bruce Carrington Jr. is an American professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title since January 2026.

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Sports

Bruce Curry

1956–

Bruce Curry (born March 29, 1956, in Marlin, Texas), is an American former professional boxer. He was the WBC Super Lightweight Champion from 1983 to 1984.

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Sports

Bruce Dyer

1975–

Bruce Antonio Dyer (born 13 April 1975) is an English former professional footballer. His career started in 1993 with Watford, before he became the country's first £1 million-teenager when he joined Crystal Palace in 1994. He spent five years with Palace,…

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Sports

Bruce Fields

1960–

Bruce Alan Fields (born October 6, 1960) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, manager, and coach. He played during three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.

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Sports

Bruce Foxworth

1956–

Bruce Foxworth (September 25, 1956 - October 21, 2021) was a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Sports & Achievement

Bruce Maxwell

1990–

Bruce Tyrone Maxwell III (born December 20, 1990) is a German–born American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics from 2016 through 2018. Maxwell was the first MLB player to join other US…

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Sports

Bruce Seldon

1967–

Bruce Samuel Seldon (born January 30, 1967) is an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer who fought between 1988 and 2009. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title from 1995 to 1996.

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Sports

Bruiser Flint

1965–

James "Bruiser" Flint (born July 23, 1965) is an American men's college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Arkansas. He was previously a head coach at UMass and Drexel.

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Sports

Bruna

1984–

Bruna Amarante da Silva (born 12 May 1984), known mononymously as Bruna, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Série A2 club São José EC. Bruna played previously in the Kazakhstani women's football championship for BIIK…

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Sports

Bruno Zebie

1995–

Bruno Zebie (born August 14, 1995) is a former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Born in France, Zebie represented Canada at youth level. Zebie is currently an assistant coach for the men's soccer team at the University of Alberta.

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Sports

Bruny Surin

1967–

Bruny Surin (born July 12, 1967) is a Canadian former track and field athlete, who was the winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer…

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Brussels International Exposition medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1935

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Brussels International Exposition of 1935 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) bronze medal awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1935. The medal is rectangular in shape with a slightly rounded top edge. A relief, winged Nike is centrally…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.38
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Bryan Barnett

1987–

Bryan Barnett (born 10 February 1987) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He took up bobsleigh in 2013 and represented Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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Journalism

Bryan Burwell

1955–2014

Bryan Ellis Burwell (August 4, 1955 – December 4, 2014) was an American sportswriter and author. He joined the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 2002, after leaving HBO's Inside the NFL, where he worked as a sports correspondent.

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Sports

Bryan Clark

1956–

Bryan Donald Clark (born July 12, 1956) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox in a span of eight seasons from 1981 to 1990.

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Sports

Bryan Clay

1980–

Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (Japanese: 石井 積, Ishii Tsumoru, born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete who was the 2008 Summer Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.

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Sports

Bryan Gibson

1947–

Bryan Gibson (born November 10, 1947, in Kentville, Nova Scotia) is a former Canadian boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and is the first boxer of African descent from Nova Scotia to compete in the Olympics. He now coaches the…

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