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Leon Casey Blake

  • Class
    1917
  • Induction
    2021
  • Sport(s)
    Cross Country/Track & Field
  • First African American Student-Athlete at Indiana State
  • Born in 1894, nicknamed 'Speed'
  • Competed for Indiana State Normal (1915)
  • Individual Champion Dakota Division Des Moines Meet (1926)
  • Set record at Topeka Kansas meet 100-yard dash (10.2 – 1929)
  • Second in 220-yard dash (22.7 - 1929)
  • A graduate of Indiana State College, Blake spoke German and Latin fluently
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