McGuire Duvall to be honored at Homecoming parade
LaVonte Young
Senior Staff Reporter
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: Sports
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"I was stunned when I called the call in February", Edith McGuire Duvall said. "It really feels good to know that people remember after 41 years".
Coach Ed Temple said," It is a great honor that is long over due."
Duvall was a Tiger belle from 1961 -1966 when it Tennessee A&I. Under the Coach Ed Temple Duvall went on to win three Amateur Athletic Union championships and she also won three medal in the Olympic under him.
"At the age of 16 I knew I want to be a part of that," said Duvall. "When I would turn on a race and see eight people in a race and six of them were Tiger belles".
Temple said," I saw her in when she was in high school and invited her to our summer clinches ".
While at her time at TSU she won four outdoor National AAU titles and two indoor National AAU titles. She won the long jump and the 100-meter dash in 1963. Then in she won the 200 -220 titles in 1964 and 1965. She also won two indoor titles in the 220-yard distance.
In 1964 games in Tokyo McGuire Duvall finished second in the 100-meter to her teammate Wyomia Tyus. This was the first time that teammates from the same University took first and second in the 100-meter.
"I wanted to win first place in the 100,"said McGuire Duvall.
In the next event the McGuire Duvall took gold in the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.05 and she also won the silver in the 4x100 relay. These medal capped off her undefeated season
"She told after the 100 that she was going to win the 200 meter dash," said Temple.
McGuire Duvall graduated from TSU in 1966 with a degree in Elementary Education. After coming back from the goodwill tour in Africa, she returned to Atlanta where she taught for a year.
"It was not any money involved in track back in those days," Duvall said. "I did not want to keep running I was not going to be in the top three".
McGuire Duvall married her husband Charles Duvall in 1967 in Franklin, Tennessee.
They couple moved up to Detroit where McGuire-Duvall was working a school teacher. The couple stayed in Detroit for 10 years and would leave to go to Oakland where opened their first McDonalds in 1977. They opened additional three franchises in the Oakland area and one in San Francisco. They retire in 2005.
McGuire-Duvall recalled many great moments at TSU.
"I enjoyed my college life and made a lot of friends," said McGuire-Duvall. "I enjoyed being part of the Tiger Belles and also being a member of the Alpha Chi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc."
Steroids in track and field
With recent revaltions on track stars such as Marion Jones McGuire-Duvall says the actions of some have harmed the sport.
"(It's) really sad and disappointing about the steroid use in track in field," she said. "When you watch a race you want to believe that you are watching a clean race. I really hope that the track in field can recovery from it."
State of the Tigers Belles
McGuire-Duvall wants to see the Tiger Belles return to their days of being in the national spotlight by competing on international teams.
"Right now I hate that we have not put anybody on the international team," she said. "When I was in high school I knew that I wanted to be part of that group. I don't know if they look at what we did and if they really want to be a part of that."
Thursday night a dinner will be held for the Grande Marshal and Honoree dinner at the Avon Williams Campus at 7 pm.
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