Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns (February 6, 1914 - April 4, 1991) was an American track and field athlete. He was the 1936 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles, and broke the World Record in that distance three times. Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Towns went to school in Augusta, Georgia, where he played football in high school. In 1933, he gained a track scholarship for the University of Georgia (UGA) after a track journalist had seen him high jumping in his back yard. Wikipedia
But even though Martha Eberhardt Towns may have heard the story of how her late husband, Forrest ''Spec'' Towns, came to attend the University of Georgia, she doesn't hesitate to tell it again. www.onlineathens.com/dogbytes/legends/spec.shtml
The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, centrally located in Macon, honors Georgia's outstanding athletes in all sports. Sections are devoted to professional, collegiate, and high school sports, as well as a special exhibit on the Atlanta Olympic Game www.gshf.org
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