Editing Gerald Tinker (section)

==Sprinting career==
Running for the [[Kent State Golden Flashes track and field]] team, Tinker won the 1973 [[60 yards at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref>{{Cite news | author = Neil Amdur |date=1973-03-10 |title=KEOGH CAPTURES 2-MILE RUN TITLE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/10/archives/keogh-captures-2mile-run-title-jasper-beats-herold-by-7-yards-as.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

At the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], Gerald Tinker ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 metres relay team, which won a gold medal and equalled the United States' own [[world record]] of 38.19.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gerald Tinker Bio and Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/gerald-tinker-1.html |work=Online Database |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909192647/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/gerald-tinker-1.html |archive-date=September 9, 2011 }}</ref>  His cousin, [[Larry Black (sprinter)|Larry Black]], also ran a leg in that same relay. Larry Black attended [[Miami Killian High School]] where he also was a track star. His school was a football rival of Coral Gables Senior High School that Gerald attended. Despite that, both teamed up to help win Olympic Gold.