Dubbed by Sportswriters as Bama's "Knight of the Cinderpath" for his Dominating Championship Victories as Captain of University of Alabama's Distance Team

Broke S.I.A.A. (Now Southeastern Conference) Record in Two Mile Run

Broke S.I.A.A. (Now Southeastern Conference) Record in Three Mile Run

Broke S.I.A.A. (Now Southeastern Conference) Record in Three and One-Half Mile Run

S.I.A.A. (Now Southeastern Conference) Winner and Champion of Two, Three, and Three and One-Half Distance Runs

Never Defeated in Collegiate Distance Races Called Road Racing (Distance Events Started at Beginning of Stadium Filled Football Games in Autumn and Finished Before Crowd at Half-Time

As Captain of Alabama Distance Team Broke Birmingham Road Race Record by Nearly 20 Seconds in Cold Hard Driving Rain (1923). This Race Was Never Equaled or Broken for 45 Years - Race Then Discontinued Due to Traffic

As a Junior Broke 4 Mile A.A.U. Record in Atlanta, Georgia, Defeating Best of Eastern and South's Distance Men. Repeated His Record Win His Senior Year (1922 and 1923)

Described as "One of the Most Admirable Athletic Students Ever Produced by the University of Alabama," December 12, 1923, The Birmingham News

Phi Beta Kappa Honors Graduate, University of Alabama

Master of Arts, 1925, University of Alabama

Doctorate of Philosophy, Duke University, 1931

State of Alabama's Nominee for Rhodes Scholarship to England

One of Seven Elite Athletes in 150 Year History of University of Alabama Inducted into Highest Scholastic Society - Phi Beta Kappa

8 Varsity Letters, University of Alabama

Captain of Varsity Track and Distance Teams, University of Alabama, 1920-1924.

1923 University of Alabama Annual, The Corolla Reads "He is One of the True Greats of Alabama Athletic History. An Honor Man in Scholarship and a Record Breaking Athlete. That is a Real Man." Corolla, 1923, page 217.

Winner of 30 Trophies and Medals as Record Breaking Champion Distance Star at the University of Alabama

Described as "South's Premiere Distance Star, Who Has No Equal"

Only One of Three Men Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on First Ballot: Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Paul "Bear" Bryant, and George Irons