| At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Bob Beamon performed a jump that would land him at a distance of 8.90 metres. |
| As the storm showers paused for a few moments, Bob Beamon completed a perfectly measured run-up, finding the take-off board with the precision of an electronically controlled machine. |
| Beamon and Ward could have been case studies for Kenneth Clark's advocacy of integration. |
| Beamon flew in mid-air for a split second longer than normal. |
| The school was by then a far more polyglot institution than it had been when Ward or Beamon attended. |
| The Suns did select Olympic long jumper Bob Beamon in the 15th round, however. |
