Willie Williams, is a former American sprinter who set the first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics), in which year?
Willie Williams (athlete) Willie Williams (born September 12, 1931) is a former American sprinter who set the 100 metres world record in 1956, with a new time of 10.1s, one-tenth of second faster than previous record held jointly by 8 men..
Marshall Taylor Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (November 26, 1878 – June 21, 1932) was an American track cyclist who began his amateur career while he was still a teenager in Indianapolis, Indiana. He became a professional racer in 1896, at the age of 18, and won the sprint event at the 1899 world track championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to become the first African American to achieve the level of world champion and the second black athlete to win a world championship in any sport. Taylor also set numerous world records in the sprint discipline in race distances ranging from the quarter-mile (0.25 mi ) to the two-mile (2 mi ). Taylor was an American sprint champion in 1899 and 1900, and competed races in the U.S., Europe and Australasia. He retired in 1910, at the age of 32, to his home in Worcester, Massachusetts.