On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, stunned the world by winning the gold medal in the 10,000-meter race at the ...

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 ...

NEW THIS MORNING. LEGENDARY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST BILLY MILLS IS SHARING HIS STORY IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. MILLS WON THE 10,000M AT THE 1964 OLYMPICS, BECOMING THE SECOND INDIGENOUS ATHLETE TO WIN GOLD.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 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 ...

Billy Mills releases 'Wings of an Eagle' book. Photo Credit: S.D. Nelson. Billy Mills releases 'Wings of an Eagle' book. Photo Credit: S.D. Nelson. Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills chatted about his ...