Archie Franklin Williams May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993 Archie Franklin Williams was an American U.S. Air Force officer, athlete, and teacher, winner of 400-meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As recorded on his birth certificate, his name is Archie and not Archibald Archie Williams was a teammate of Jesse Owens, one of ten black Americans on that 1936 USA team … Continue reading Archie Franklin Williams