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CUNNINGHAM, GLENN (1909-1988)
Glenn Cunningham was born on August 4, 1909, in Atlanta, Kansas. He overcame a near-crippling childhood accident to become one of the world's leading track and field athletes during the 1930s.
An Elkhart, Kansas, schoolhouse fire left him at age seven unable to walk for nearly six weeks. After regaining his ambulatory ability, Cunningham began running to strengthen his badly scarred legs.
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In 1930 he was the nation's premier high school mile runner, winning state and national titles, establishing a national high school mile record of 4:24.7, and earning a scholarship to the University of Kansas.
In 1932 Cunningham won the first of three consecutive indoor and outdoor Big 6 (now Big 12) Conference mile championships and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1500-meter title.
He finished fourth in the 1500 meters in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. As the 1933 champion in the ncaa mile and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 800 a