Gilbert L. Dodds

(1918-1977) lived in Falls City, Richardson County. Athlete, minister, as dominant American amateur miler of the mid-1940s, he held record for fastest indoor mile run for six years; recipient of the Sullivan Award in 1943, the most prestigious trophy in American amateur athletics; was also an educator and track coach. Consult Current Biography (1947) 173-175 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Outdoor Sports (Greenwood Press, 1988) 453-454.

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