October 24, 1909

William Arthur Carr, Arkansas’s first Olympic double gold-medal winner, was born in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County). He set new records for track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles, California, Olympics and was named to the Sports Illustrated All-Time Olympic Team in 1954.

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