William Watson (decathlete), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American track and field athlete
Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1916
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About William Watson (decathlete)
- William Delouis Watson (December 18, 1916 – 1973), also known as Big Bill Watson, was an American track and field athlete.
- Watson was the Amateur Athletic Union (A.A.U.) decathlon champion in 1940 and 1943.
- He was the first African-American to win the U.S.
- decathlon championship and the first African-American to be selected as the captain of any athletic team at the University of Michigan, being selected as the captain of the Michigan track team in 1939.
- While at Michigan, Watson won 12 individual Big Ten Conference championships, including three consecutive championships (1937–1939) in the long jump, discus and shot put.
- He served as a police officer for the Detroit Police Department for 25 years from the early 1940s until his retirement in 1966.
- Watson was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1982.
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