Glenn CunninghamGlenn Cunningham was an American Distance Runner. He was born on august 4 1909 in Atalanta Kansas, and died on March 10 1988. he had a lot of nicknames such as "Kansas Flyer", the "Elkhart Express" and the "Iron Horse of Kansas". People would call them that because he was a fast runner. Glenn brother died in at a school accident. Some guy had put  put gasoline instead of kerosene in the can at his schoolhouse, which had made an explosion at his school. His brother was thirteen and he was 8. Glenn's legs were really burned from the explosion, the doctors said his legs had to be Amputated. his parents didn't agree with this and he wasn't either. but they amputation dint happen. The doctors said he would never walked the same as before and his legs will never be the same. Glenn didn't gave up, he went to some new therapy ,two years later he tried walking for the first time. After some time Glenn was better and he could finally run. Glenn won " Most Popular Athlete". Glenn record was running the mile for a little more that 4 min. his goal was to pass the mile before minutes, which he never achieved. he tried a lot of different ways to do it but he never did. Glenn had a successful life, even though his legs weren't the same as others.