Editing Lee Calhoun (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Laurel, Mississippi]], Lee Calhoun graduated from Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana before representing [[North Carolina Central University]], won the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] 120 yd hurdles in 1956 and 1957. He also won the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] championships in 110 m hurdles in 1956 and 1959 and in 120 yd hurdles in 1957.

At the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] Calhoun surprisingly improved his personal best in 110 m by almost a full second in a final. He ran 13.5 to win the [[gold medal]], edging teammate [[Jack Davis (athlete)|Jack Davis]] with a lunge that just got his shoulder across the line in front. He had learned the maneuver from Davis.

Calhoun was suspended in 1958 for receiving gifts on ''[[Bride and Groom (TV series)|Bride and Groom]]'', a television game show, and seemed to be past his prime for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]. But shortly before the [[Rome]] Olympics, he tied the [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] of 13.2 and went to the Olympic Games as a main favourite. In the final, he won in 13.98, beating teammate [[Willie May]] by 0.01 seconds.

After retiring from competition, he became a college track coach, first at [[Grambling State University]], then at [[Yale University|Yale]], and finally at [[Western Illinois University]]. He was an assistant Olympic coach at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]].

He was elected to the United States [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]] in 1974.

Lee Calhoun died in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], aged 56.