Laurel native Ralph Boston, a three-time Olympic long jump medalist and one of the most accomplished athletes in Mississippi history, died Sunday at 83.
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi TodayOlympic champion Ralph Boston, ‘a skinny kid from Laurel,’ dies at 83 by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 1, 2023 Ralph Boston poses with Jesse Owens in 1960 after breaking Owen's 25-year-old world record in the long jump. Laurel native Ralph Boston, a three-time Olympic long jump medalist and surely one of the most accomplished athletes in Mississippi history, died April 30 in Nashville following a massive stroke suffered in late March.
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