John Walter
- John Walter (judge) (1566–1630), English judge and member of parliament
- John Rolle Walter (1714–1779), Tory MP for Exeter in 1754–1776 and for Devon in 1776–1779
- John Walter (publisher) (1738–1812), founder of The Times newspaper, London
- John Walter (editor, born 1776) (1776–1847), his son, second editor of The Times
- John Walter (third) (1818–1894), his son, editor of The Times
- John Walter (businessman) (1849–1920), Canadian entrepreneur
- John Walter (Indian Army officer) (1861–1951), British officer who served in the Indian Army
- John Walter (politician) (1863–1944), Australian politician
- John Walter (rugby union) (1904–1966), New Zealand rugby player
- John H. Walter (born 1927), American mathematician
- John F. Walter (born 1944), U.S. federal judge
- John Walter (filmmaker) (born 1966), director of How to Draw a Bunny and Theater of War
- John C. Walter, American historian and professor at University of Washington
- Sir John Walter, 3rd Baronet (c. 1674–1722), British politician
- John Walter (artist) (born 1978), British artist
Early life
Jacqueline Joyner was born on March 3, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois and named after Jacqueline Kennedy, the U.S. First Lady. [7] [7] As a high school athlete at East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High School, she qualified in the long jump at the 1980 Olympic Trials, finishing eighth behind another high school student, Carol Lewis. [8] Following a 1975 film about Babe Didrikson Zaharias, she was inspired to compete in multidisciplinary track & field events. Didrikson, track athlete, basketball player, and pro golfer, was the 20th century's "Greatest Female Athlete." Fifteen years later, Sports Illustrated ranked Joyner-Kersee the greatest female athlete of all time, narrowly ahead of Zaharias.
UCLA
Jackie Joyner attended college at California University, Los Angeles, where she starred in both track & field and women's basketball from 1980–1985. For each of her first three seasons (1980–81, 81–82, and 82–83), she was a starter in her forward position and in her senior (fifth) year (1984–85). During the 1983–1984 school year, she had red-shirted to focus on heptathlon for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
She received the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top female college track and field competitor in 1983 and 1985, and was awarded the 1985 Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation's top female college athlete.
She earned 1,169 points during her college career, which positions her 19th for all Bruins games.
Bruins progressed to the 1985 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament West Regional semi-finals before losing to Georgia's eventual runner-up.
On February 21, 1998, she was acknowledged as one of UCLA's top 15 women's basketball players.
In April 2001, Joyner-Kersee was voted "Past 25 Years Top Woman Collegiate Athlete." Voting among the 976 NCAA member institutions.
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