"Rounded out his career this year by winning the most arduous, difficult and heartbreaking test in all athletic competition when he won the Olympic decathlon championship and established a new world's record. . . .
"Was a stellar football player and a star in basketball [at the University of Kansas]. He combines with great ability a fine personality. . . .
"Turned down professional offers for two years to stay in training for the Olympics. Overcame the handicap of poverty represents the unconquerable spirit of the first generation of Americans of which he is one....
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