found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Foreman, George; George Edward Foreman; boxer, stage/screen actor, olympic medalist, evangelist, spokesperson; born in 1949 in Texas, United States; participated in the Job Corps program, entered Olympic trials for U.S. boxing team (1968), represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Mexico (1968), turned professional boxer (1969), became the world heavyweight champion (January 1973), retired from professional boxing (1977), ordained minister in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Houston, Texas (1977), returned to boxing (1987), the oldest man in history to win the heavyweight championship (1994), spokesperson for the George Forman Grill and Meineke)
