World Stage: An Olympic Introduction to the Greatest of All Time
Page from 1960 Rome Olympic autograph book. The donor of this item was present at the Rome Olympics and, while in the Olympic Village, asked training Olympians for their signatures. Cassius Clay signed this page on September 3, 1960, two days before he won his Olympic Gold medal. The autograph book also features autographs from Jerry West, Jerry Lucas, and Otis Davis among upward of 50 other Olympians.
Autograph book was donated to the Muhammad Ali Center by Ernest, Jr., Carolyn, Christina, and Jennifer Siracusa in 2018.
Olympic Autograph Book
Cassius Clay's teammate Wilburt "Skeeter" McClure described Clay at the Olympics in Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser. "In Rome, he was outgoing but he was seriously into boxing. I don't know of anybody on any team who took it more seriously than he did. We'd walk around and he'd go up to people and shake hands with them, but he had his mind on training. He worked for that gold medal"
