On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, ...

Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) joins Native Bidaské to reflect on his historic 1964 victory, his lifelong ...

Billy Mills was running the 10,000-meter race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It was the final lap, and he was behind the pack. But in the final stretch, Mills moved to lane 4 and began passing the other ...

Steve Jones - The 1984 world record marathon holder at Chicago (2:08:05), 2025 also marks the 40th anniversary of the fastest ...

In 1964, America was still reeling from the previous November’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as the country’s youth were mesmerized by “Beatlemania.” Yet something positive of an ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In conjunction with the museum's exhibition Best in the World: Native Athletes in the Olympics, Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) shares his experience ...

Billy Mills, renowned for his amazing come-from-behind gold medal fi nish in the 10,000 meter event during the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo, will be part of the 2007 Governor's Cup festivities June 1 ...

BOZEMAN Billy Mills, who won the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000-meter run at the 1964 Summer Olympics, will give a multi-media presentation at the Strand Union Building on the Montana State ...

Billy Mills poked at a healthy plate of poached eggs, grilled vegetables and dry toasted rye Friday morning. The distance-running legend has neither the knees nor the appetite to compete in the 30th ...