Olympic flame travels through the UAB campus, 1996

Gordon Richmond, an administrative associate in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, carries the Olympic Torch as part of the Olympic Torch Relay.  Richmond, who was also a graduate student in the School of Public Health, was one of eight UAB community members who carried the torch as it made its way through Birmingham and on to Atlanta, Georgia.  The night-time route took the relay team through the UAB campus, south down 14th Street beside the UAB Arena to 11th Avenue and through Five Points, and north on 20th Street past the UAB Administration Building and University Hospital.  The City of Birmingham hosted soccer matches in July 1996 at Legion Field as part of the XXVI Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, and UAB’s West Field served as the practice field for several national soccer teams, including the US men’s team.

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