Leroy Cochran - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

Leroy "Roy" Cochran

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Track & Field

Leroy Cochran Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

Leroy "Roy" Cochran Stats, Bio

Born: January 26, 1919

Hometown: Richton, MS

Year Induction: 1997

Deceased : September 26, 1981

College Career

Indiana University All-American (’39, ‘40, ‘41)

National AAU Champion (’40)

Olympic Career

Won two gold medals (’48):  1600m relays and 400m hurdles (world record 51.1 sec)

Roy and older brother Commodore Cochran, who won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympics, are the first American brothers to win track and field gold medals in separate Olympiads.

Did You Know?

Roy turned down a football scholarship at Tulane to run track at Indiana. His two gold medals hang in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, donated by his daughter, Joyce Cochran Pendleton.

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