Glenn Vernice Cunningham was an American middle-distance runner, and was considered 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. Glenn Cunningham (United States) set the men's mile world record of 4:06.8 in Princeton, N.J. on June 16, 1934. It stood 3.2 years, until Sydney Wooderson's 4:06.4 on August 28, 1937. Wiki link