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Archive Home > 2012 > April > 24 > LeRoy Walker was first African-American to lead U.S. Olympic committee

LeRoy Walker was first African-American to lead U.S. Olympic committee

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
April 24, 2012

DURHAM, N.C. — LeRoy Walker, the first African-American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team died Monday. He was 93.

Walker’s death was confirmed by Scarborough & Hargett Funeral home, but no cause of death was given.

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