Offered is a pair of b/w International News photographs featuring runner Glenn Cunningham. Glenn Vernice Cunningham (1909 – 1988) was an American middle-distance runner, who was considered as the greatest American miler of all time. He received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1933. When he was eight years old, his legs were very badly burned in an explosion caused by someone accidentally putting gasoline instead of kerosene in the can at his schoolhouse. His brother Floyd, 13, died in the fire. When the doctors recommended amputating Glenn's legs, he was so distressed his parents would not allow it. The doctors predicted he might never walk normally again. His great determination, coupled with hours upon hours of a new type of therapy, enabled him to gradually regain the ability to walk and to proceed to run The first image shows Cunningham winning a 800 meter race (1:53) at the Knights of Columbus Games in Brooklyn. (1939). The other image shows Cunningham with coach Lawson Robertson as a new synchronized electric start gun is tested. Both are 6 ½” x 8 ½” and clean images. Both have paper descriptive tags with the first still attached and the other is loose. Both images have glue residue on the backs. Sold together only.