Mal Whitfield dies at 91; runner won two Olympic golds in 800-meter event
#OlympicGames #SummerOlympics [Los Angeles Times]Whitfield, who earned the moniker “Marvelous Mal,” went on to become the premier 800-meter runner of his era, winning gold medals in the event at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. A member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the segregated and much-celebrated group …