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Archie Williams was born on 1 May, 1915 in Oakland, California, United States, is an American sprinter and Tuskegee Airman (1916–1993). Discover Archie Williams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 1 May, 1915
Birthday 1 May
Birthplace Oakland, California, United States
Date of death 24 June, 1993
Died Place Fairfax, California, United States
Nationality United States

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Archie Williams Height, Weight & Measurements

At 78 years old, Archie Williams height is 1.83 m and Weight 80 kg.

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Height 1.83 m
Weight 80 kg
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Archie Williams Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Archie Williams worth at the age of 78 years old? Archie Williams’s income source is mostly from being a successful sprinter. He is from United States. We have estimated Archie Williams's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1915

Archie Franklin Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an American U.S. Air Force officer, athlete, and teacher.

1936

He was the winner of the 400 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Archie Williams was born in Oakland, California, to a family that was active in promoting Black civil rights.

He attended University High School in Oakland, then San Mateo Junior College (now College of San Mateo).

His coach, Dr. Oliver Byrd, was instrumental in preparing him for future achievements.

Soon Williams transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, to become a mechanical engineer and he continued to run track.

Until 1936, Williams had never broken 49 seconds for the 440 yd (402 m).

During 1936, however, Williams kept lowering his times and reached his peak at the NCAA championships, setting a world record in 400m of 46.1.

His time was set in the preliminaries, and he also prevailed in the final for a 47.0 victory.

He followed that up with a first in the Olympic Trials, then went to Berlin and won the Olympic gold medal in the 400m.

When asked about the infamous incident in which Adolf Hitler reportedly refused to shake the hand of black fellow gold medalist Jesse Owens, Williams replied, "Hitler wouldn't shake my hand either."

A serious leg injury at a meet in Sweden in 1936 ended his running career, but he became a commercial pilot.

During World War II, which Williams once whimsically referred to as his "return to the Olympics—in the Pacific," Williams was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and retired from the military 22 years later as a lieutenant colonel.

A flight instructor while in the air force, Williams remained in education following his military retirement and taught mathematics and computers in California high schools.

Archie Williams was a teacher for 21 years until his retirement at age 72 in Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo.

He was noted for his love for teaching and helping students, including future author Konrad Dryden.

Sir Francis Drake High School was renamed Archie Williams High School in 2021, after the George Floyd protests spurred a worldwide reexamination of place names and monuments connected to racism.

Williams was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

He died in Fairfax, California aged 78.

Quotation:

"When I came home, somebody asked me, 'How did those dirty Nazis treat you?' I replied that I didn't see any dirty Nazis, just a lot of nice German people. And I didn't have to ride in the back of the bus over there."

1939

After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in mechanical engineering, Williams was in the first Civilian Pilot Training class in 1939 at Oakland, California.

After earning his private pilot's license, he earned his instructor rating and was later a civilian instructor at Tuskegee.

1943

Entering the service in late 1942, he was one of only 14 African-Americans who were commissioned during World War II in the aviation meteorological cadet program; he graduated from the UCLA program on 6 September 1943.

1944

By September 1944, he was in the first Service Pilot training class at Tuskegee and, after graduation, instructed flight cadets in instrument flying as well as teaching meteorology.

1948

After the war, he earned qualification as a line pilot and then attended the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1948–1950 earning a B.S. in engineering sciences; he and fellow Tuskegee meteorologist Milton Hopkins were the 3rd and 4th black AF officers to attend this prestigious program.

1964

Williams remained a weather officer and rated pilot his entire career, earning his command pilot rating and commanding several weather detachments before retirement from the air force in 1964.

2016

In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Williams, was documented in the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.