Herbert Lee Washington is a former world-class sprinter in the early 1970s who parlayed his speed into a brief Major League Baseball stint, and later became the owner/operator of numerous McDonald's restaurants and a minor league professional hockey franchise, and held a number of high-ranking executive posts on varied boards and organizations. Washington became one of the world's most celebrated sprinters as a student-athlete at Flint Central High School and Michigan State University. The four-time all-American won one National Collegiate Athletic Association title, seven Big Ten titles, and tied or broke the world record in the 50- and 60-yard dashes several times. He went on to gain further recognition as a player for baseball's Oakland Athletics, despite not playing baseball since high school. After being released in 1975 he was not signed by another team and retired. 

November 16th, 1951 in Belzoni (Age 73)