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Jimmy Herbert
Jimmy Herbert (Track and field. Born, New York, NY, July 20, 1915; died, The Bronx, NY, Oct. 23, 1997.) A middle-distance runner of note, James Bruineo Herbert ran for the Curb Exchange A.A. (1934-37), N.Y.U. (1938-42), and the Grand Street Boys (1943-47). Herbert is believed to have won more races at Madison Square Garden than […]
Glenn Cunningham
Glenn Cunningham (Track and field. Born, Elkhart, KS, Aug. 4, 1909; died, Menifee, AR, Mar. 10, 1988.) While sub-4:00 miles are almost routine now, both indoors and outdoors, such was not the case in the 1930s, when Glenn Cunningham was the world’s premier miler. At that time, a sub-4:10 mile was considered unusual. No one […]