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Floyd “Chunk” Simmons
Track + Field
Inducted: 1973
- Born in Charlotte, NC, 1923
- Olympic decathlete and track star at University of North Carolina
- Won bronze medal in 1948 and 1952 Olympics
- Top age-group athlete in 1970s and 1980s
- Served in Italy in World War II as ski trooper
- Actor, photographer