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Evelyn Lawler (October 18, 1929 – January 4, 2023) was American track and field athlete. She competed for the United States in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1951 Pan American Games , finishing 6th, and formerly held the American record in the 80 metres hurdles.
Jan 10, 2023 · Evelyn Lawler Lewis was a world-class track star, sidetracked from the 1952 Olympic team by injury, but she went on to teach and coach students and athletes, and to see her son, Carl Lewis, earn nine Olympic gold medals. The Lewis family lost their matriarch on Jan. 4, at age 93.
Jan 5, 2023 · Evelyn Lawler Lewis, Tuskegee HOF Member, co-founder of the Willingboro Track Club and mother of track and field legends Carl and Carol Lewis, died on Tuesday January 3rd in Willingboro, NJ.
Jun 1, 1981 · Evelyn Lawler Lewis is leaning over the dishwasher. It is clear she is no ordinary 51-year-old mother of four. For one thing, she is wearing size-7 blue jeans, running shoes and a warmup...
Jan 5, 2023 · RIP Evelyn Lawler Lewis (Carl and Carol Lewis' mother) She passed away this morning at 93 years old. Aside from being the mother of Carl and Carol Lewis, she was also a top hurdler for a few years in the early 1950s. Compated for Tuskegee University, she was the 1950 US Champion at 80m Hurdles, runner up in 1951 and finished 6th place at the ...
Jan 5, 2023 · The Tuskegee University community joins those who knew and loved Alumna Evelyn Lawler Lewis, 93, in offering our condolences. The distinguished Tuskegee track and field talent is mother of Olympic Gold Medalist Carl Lewis.
Jul 28, 2015 · Evelyn Lawler (Lewis) was a member of the Tuskegee women’s track and field program and set a new meet record in Freeport, Texas with a time of 11.7 seconds in the 80-meter hurdles. The time tied the American record, which was set in the 1932 Olympic Games by Evelyn Hall and Mildred Dedrickson.
