DeHart Hubbard, born November 25, 1903, attended University of Michigan, where he was National Collegiate Athletic Association champion three times, for the outdoor long jump (1923 and 1925), and the 100-hard dash (1925). He was the Big Ten Conference champion 7 times.
While he was attending college, he participated in the 1924 Summer Olympic Games in Paris and became the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal for any sport: the running long jump.
He founded the Cincinnati Tigers, a professional baseball team, which played in the Negro American League.
He has been inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor and the National Track Hall of Fame.
Hubbard passed away in 1976.
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