Title
Date
1937
Creation Date
2014-05-14
Description
Black and White photograph from the Kermit King collection of Kermit King in mid air during an Intercollegiate Broad jump event at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin stadium. King won the championship for that event in 1937 with a jump of 25' 10 1/2". King tried out for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1936 but missed team placement by a fraction of an inch. In 2002 King was inducted in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. At the time of his induction, King still held the PSU record for the broad jump, now called the long jump.
Object Type
Photograph
Identifier
psuap050
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Kansas -- Crawford County -- Pittsburg;
Rights
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Keywords
Kansas State Teachers College--Photographs; Universities and colleges--Kansas--Pittsburg--Photographs; Pittsburg (Kan.)--History--Photographs; Students--Kansas--Pittsburg; African American Track and field athletes--Kansas--Pittsburg--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections