Charles Edward Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter, winner of the gold medal in 4�100-meter relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Greene was considered a certain candidate for the 1964 Olympic team, but he suffered a muscle pull that held him to a sixth place at the Olympic Trials. Greene won the AAU championships in 100-yard dash in 1966 and in 100-meter dash in 1968. At the 1968 AAU Championships, Greene tied the 100 m world record twice. First in the heats he equaled the world record of 10.0, then in the second semifinal he ran 9.9, the same time which had been run by Jim Hines and Ronnie Ray Smith in the previous race. The evening when three men equaled the world record, June 20, 1968 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California has been dubbed by track and field historians as the "Night of Speed." As a University of Nebraska student, Greene won the NCAA championships in 100 yd from 1965 to 1967 and tied the world record at 9.1. At the Mexico Olympics, Greene felt pain in his hamstring late in the race and was third in the 100 m. 

March 21st, 1945 in Pine Bluff  /  Died:   Mar 14th, 2022 - aged 76