Callie Polk Marshall

Callie Polk Marshall (MHS 1961) was a track and field and basketball star for the Magnolia Monarchs. She lettered four years as a member of the basketball team, and she was as a member of the 440-yard relay team that rarely lost. Callie set a broad jump record of 16-feet, 2-inches and she topped out in the high jump at 5-feet, 6-inches. Tennessee State University offered Callie a scholarship to be on the same team as track legend Wilma Rudolph and the famous Tigerbelles, which under Coach Ed Temple’s leadership, accumulated more than 30 national titles and 23 Olympic medals. However, Callie chose another path and matriculated at Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, leading to a 58-year career as a registered nurse.