Jesse Owens Net Worth is
$150 Thousand
Jesse Owens Biography
In 1935 he arranged three world information and tied a 4th in less than 1 hour.S. Jesse Owens net well worth in 2014-2015 is $5,000,000 while like others Jesse Owens also receives a commission by sponsorships, featuring, etc, ads and endorsement. We estimated annual income around $588,235
Known for movies
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin (1966)
as Host / Narrator
Kings of the Olympics (1948)
as Himself
Olympic Cavalcade (1948)
as Himself
From Montreal, the Bob Hope Olympic Benefit (1976)
as Himself
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Jesse Owens |
| Net Worth | $150 Thousand |
| Died | March 31, 1980, Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Height | 1.78 m |
| Weight | 75 kg |
| Profession | Athlete |
| Education | Ohio State University, East Technical High School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Minnie Ruth Solomon |
| Children | Gloria Owens, Marlene Owens, Beverly Owens |
| Parents | Mary Emma Fitzgerald, Henry Cleveland Owens |
| Awards | Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year |
Interesting Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ironically, he was not intended to be part of the relay team in the 1936 Olympic Games. He and Ralph Metcalfe replaced Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, the only Jewish members of the 1936 Olympic track team. |
| 2 | Owens once worked for exploitation titan Kroger Babb, traveling the road with the movie Mom and Dad (1945) with an all-black crew serving African American theaters. Owens would deliver a lecture on "sex hygiene" during an intermission. |
| 3 | The runner he beat in the 200-meter dash at the 1936 Summer Olympics was Jackie Robinson's brother, Matthew "Mack" Robinson, who also beat the world record at the time while taking the silver medal. |
| 4 | Was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans. |
| 5 | Became famous for beating horses in a 100-yard dash - but there was a trick to it: They used a starting gun, which would startle the horse long enough to give Owens enough of a head start to win. |
| 6 | Was invited back to Berlin in the 1960s, to the same stadium where he'd won his Olympic medals, and was given a hero's welcome. The mayor addressed him: "The last time you were here, Adolf Hitler refused to shake your hand. Today, I'm proud to give you both of mine." Owens and the mayor embraced, then Owens ran one last ceremonial lap around the track, with the crowd cheering. |
| 7 | During the 1968 Mexico City games, he was called in to talk to the black athletes to try to ease the tension created after the banishment of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. After he met with the athletes, he was seen leaving the meeting in tears because he felt that he was unable to reach the more radical athletes who saw him as nothing more than an "Uncle Tom". |
| 8 | Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983 (charter member). |
| 9 | Even though he defeated the top German athletes in the 1936 Olympics, the German people liked him. Crowds of 110,000 cheered him in Berlin's glittering Olympic Stadium - fans sought his autograph and picture when he walked the streets. In 1982, Berlin renamed the avenue leading to the Olympic stadium "Jesse Owens Allee" (Parkway) in his honor. His widow and family attended the dedication ceremony as guests of the German government. |
| 10 | He won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. |
| 2 | I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. |
| 3 | The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness. |
| 4 | For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world. |
| 5 | Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need. |
| 6 | One chance is all you need. |
| 7 | Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. |
| 8 | Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. |
| 9 | The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. |
| 10 | A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. |
| 11 | Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. |
| 12 | We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. |
| 13 | [When asked about how he felt years after Adolf Hitler refused to shake his hand at the Olympics] I'm here. He's not. |
Filmography
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The World's Fastest Men | 2012 | Documentary short | |
| The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920-2002 | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1977 | TV Series | Himself - Olympic Medalist / Himself - Olympics Athlete / Himself - Olympics Champion |
| From Montreal, the Bob Hope Olympic Benefit | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Way It Was | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sport, sport, sport | 1970 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1956-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Audience Bow / Himself |
| Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin | 1966 | TV Movie documentary | Host / Narrator |
| Valentine's Day | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1960 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
| This Is Your Life | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| Person to Person | 1955 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Olympic Games of 1948 | 1948 | Documentary | Himself |
| Olympic Cavalcade | 1948 | Documentary | Himself (as Jessie Owens) |
| Kings of the Olympics | 1948 | Documentary | Himself |
| Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations | 1938 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad | 1936 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| High Lights of the 1936 Olympics Berlin | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Football Life | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hitler's Olympics | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Book Thief | 2013 | Himself | |
| Glickman | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | |
| American Experience | 2004-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Third Reich: The Rise & Fall | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Naked Science | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - 1936 Olympic Games |
| Salute | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| La neuvième | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The True Story of Seabiscuit | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games | 1999 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Century: America's Time | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - U.S. Olympic Athlete |
| The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years of Olympic Glory | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Journey of the African-American Athlete | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | 1996 | Himself - Racing in Berlin (uncredited) | |
| Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America | 1993 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl | 1993 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Great Depression | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| When It Was a Game | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| That's Black Entertainment | 1990 | Documentary | Himself |
| The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones | 1988 | Video documentary | Himself - Competes at Berlin Olympics |
| Genocide | 1982 | Documentary | Himself |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Himself |
| Swastika | 1974 | Documentary | Himself |
| Days of Our Years | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Negro Soldier | 1944 | Documentary short | Himself - 1936 Olympic Games (uncredited) |
| Charlie Chan at the Olympics | 1937 | Himself (uncredited) |