John C. Van Berg

(1936- ) born in Columbus, Platte County. Thoroughbred race horse trainer, first trainer to saddle 5,000 career winners, inducted into National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1985. Consult The Backstretch, October 1985, pp. 44-45 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Outdoor Sports (Greenwood Press, 1988) 226-227.

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