Retirement Ĭunningham earned a master's degree from the University of Iowa and a PhD from New York University. In 1974 he was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. The mile run at the Kansas Relays is named in his honor. He would be fresher in the second half – and would almost be sprinting the last 100 yards to the finish.Ĭunningham has a park named after him in his hometown of Elkhart, Kansas. Glenn worried about the strength of his legs burned in his youth, so he started slow – running in the pack. Others tried to go steady for the first half then give it all they had. Some athletes tried running steady and fast-paced the whole time. Several theorists proclaimed it was impossible physiologically for humans. Ĭunningham's unachieved goal was a four-minute mile, a goal attempted and unmet by many other runners. This time was not accepted as a world record, however, because Dartmouth had provided Cunningham pacing runners, which was against the rules at the time. Also in 1938, Cunningham set a personal best time in the mile run at 4:04.4 testing Dartmouth College's Alumni Gymnasium indoor track, engineered to allow faster times than most indoor facilities. He also set world records in the 800 m in 1936 and in the indoor mile in 1938. In 1934, he set the world record for the mile run at 4:06.8, which stood for three years. to Germany in 1936, he was voted "Most Popular Athlete" by his fellow Olympians.Ĭunningham won the Sullivan medal in 1933 for his achievements in middle-distance running. While on the ship, traveling from the U.S. His favorite Bible verse was Isaiah 40:31: "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."Ĭunningham competing for the University of KansasĬunningham competed in the 1500 m event at the 19 Summer Olympics and finished fourth and second, respectively. He had a positive attitude as well as a strong religious faith. It was in the early summer of 1919 when he first tried to walk again, roughly two years after the accident. However, his great determination, coupled with hours upon hours of a new type of therapy, enabled him to gradually regain the ability to walk and to proceed to run. Also, his transverse arch was practically destroyed. He had lost all the flesh on his knees and shins and all the toes on his left foot. The doctors predicted he might never walk normally again.
When the doctors recommended amputating Glenn's legs, he was so distressed his parents would not allow it. When he was eight years old, his legs were very badly burned in an explosion caused by his brother accidentally putting gasoline instead of kerosene in the can at his school. Cunningham was born in Atlanta, Kansas and grew up in Elkhart, Kansas.
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