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He was the state's greatest high school sprinter-jumper in the mid-1930s, but he first achieved renown while a student at Pennsylvania State University, running the 100 m and 200 m races and winning 12 gold medals and championships in collegiate meets between 1940 and 1942.

He also won 11 gold medals in AAU national meets between 1939 and 1948.

He was an outstanding long jumper as well, leaping 25 feet 2 inches ( 7. 68 m ) in 1942.