Herb Douglas won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics in London. —TRIBUNE PHOTO / ABDUL R. SULAYMAN by Donald Hunt , Philadelphia Tribune Staff Writer Herb Douglas celebrated another milestone March 9, which was his 99th birthday. Douglas, a Pittsburgh native who resides in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia, is … Continued
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