The former us sprinter Bobby Joe Morrow, triple olympic champion at the olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 in 100m, 200m and 4X100m, has died at the age of 84 years, has it learned Sunday.

The school district of San Benito, Texas, whose football stadium bears the name of the former sprinter, has offered condolences on his page Facebook on Saturday, stressing that the legacy of Morrow would be "present forever" in the city. Before becoming a sprinter, Bobby Joe Morrow had played american football for the school of San Benito.