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[Narrator:] Welcome to this
IU Bicentennial Minute.

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[Rebecca Keith:] Surely you know the
greatest athlete IU has ever produced.

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Then again maybe you don't.

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With all due respect to Mark
Spitz, Isaiah Thomas and others,

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has there ever been a better
IU athlete then Milt Campbell?

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He was once dubbed the greatest athlete
you never knew by "Sports Illustrated".

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His anonymity is baffling given he
won a silver medal in the decathlon

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at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
as a high school senior.

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He returned four years later and won gold in
Melbourne, establishing a new Olympic record

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and becoming the first African-American to ever
win gold for the decathlon in a summer Olympiad.

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Track wasn't the only sport
in which he excelled.

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He was an All-American prep swimmer from New
Jersey and a standout football player at IU.

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After leaving Bloomington, he enjoyed
a seven year professional career

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in both the NFL and Canada.

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While maybe not as well-known as other
IU or U.S. track and field greats,

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they didn't come any better than Milt Campbell.

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[Narrator:] Indiana University Bicentennial.