Benjamin Bangs Eastman, alias "Blazin' Ben", was an American middle distance runner. He was born in Burlingame, California, and graduated from Stanford University in 1933. Ben Eastman (United States) set the men's 400 m world record of 46.4 in Palo Alto, California, USA on March 26, 1932. It stood 4 months, until Bill Carr's 46.2 on August 5, 1932. Wiki link