Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1939-05-09

Place of Birth

Laurel, Mississippi, USA

IMDb

Ralph Boston

Biography

Ralph Harold Boston is a retired American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet barrier in the long jump.

Known For

Basketball: A Love Story

Black Power Salute

The Grand Olympics

The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

Acting History

2020

The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World as Self

2018

Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)

2008

Black Power Salute as Self - Long Jump; Olympic Gold 1960, Silver 1964, Bronze 1968

1999

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games as Self

1961

The Grand Olympics as Himself