Jesse Owens was born in 1913 September, 12 and his parents were Emma Owens and his father was Henry Owens
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∙ 8y agoJames Cleveland Owens. The Jesse apparently came about as a mishearing of JCJames Cleveland Owens.
because he felt like it
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Jesse Owens attended East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio. He then went on to college at Ohio State University.
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he had a cold like his mother called "the devils cold".
When he went to college. He was nicknamed Jesse because his first initials "J-C" sounds like Jesse.
His initials were JCO. So when he went to Ohio, his teacher asked hi name and he said "JC". So, with his southern accent, it sounded like Jesse.
Well, Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in oakville Alabama and he died march 31st 1980 in Arizona, if you would like to know more, look it up on goole, sure to get another answer. :)
All India Radio requested me in 1956 to interview Bob Mathias, the decathlon gold medalist in the 1948 London Olympics, as my interview with Jesse Owens the previous year had been considered a succes