Houston McTear (February 12, 1957 – November 1, 2015) was an American sprinter, who emerged from desperate poverty in the Florida Panhandle to become an international track star in the mid-1970s.
[14] At the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, McTear ran a 10.16 sec over 100 meters (109.36 yards), at the time the fastest ever run under any condition by a Florida high school athlete.
It remains fourth-best on the all-time list, only surpassed by Jeffery Demps, Marvin Bracy, and Trayvon Bromell, all born well over a decade after McTear's performance.
[18] The American 4 x 100 meter relay team won the gold medal, led by McTear's rival Harvey Glance.
He was survived by four children and his widow, Haglund, who died on November 21, 2015, only three weeks after McTear's death, also from cancer.