Forrest Towns

Forrest Grady "Spec" Towns (February 6, 1914 – April 9, 1991) was an American track and field athlete.

In 1933, he earned a football scholarship to the University of Georgia (UGA) after a sports journalist had seen him high jumping in his backyard.

[1] After college, Towns became head track and field coach at his alma mater, Georgia, a position he held until 1975.

EUARCE 2011 ('"Forrest Towns" p. 30,105') Ευάγγελος Ανδρέου, Το αστέρι του πρωταθλητή άναψε... / ο βαλκανιονίκης του μεσοπολέμου Γιάννης Σκιαδάς, EUARCE 2011 ISBN 978-960-99566-0-4 ("Φόρεστ Τάουνς/Forrest Towns" σ.30,105)

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