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“In 1918, Williams, who studied on his own because he was not allowed to take the Tammany-backed prep course, took the civil service examination for the FDNY and placed thirteenth out of 2,700 applicants. As an avid weightlifter, athlete, and bodybuilder whose physique was later described by sportswriters of the 1920s as comparable to that of Jim Thorpe, Williams had little problem with the physical examination and became only the second man in the department’s history to earn a perfect score on the physical exam.”
— Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg
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