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2. Captain of the University of Alabama Track and Cross-Country Team. 1922.
3. Captain of the University of Alabama Track and Cross-Country Team. 1923.
4. Winner of Eight (8) Varsity Letters in Track and Cross-Country.
5. Member of A-Club. 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924.
6. Winner of Fifth Place, Armistice Day Three Mile Intercollegiate Road Race. 1920. University. (Freshman).
*7. Winner of Tenth Place, Birmingham Athletic Club Three Mile Road Race. 1920. Birmingham. (Freshman). (100 Intercollegiate Competitors).
8. Winner of First Place, Three Mile Road Race, Alabama-Birmingham Southern. 1921. University. (Freshman).
*9. Winner of Fourth Place, Two Mile Run, S.I.A.A. Track Meet. 1921. Sewanee, Tennessee. (Freshman).
10. Winner of Third Place, Armistice Day Intercollegiate Road Race. 1921. University.
*11. Winner of First Place, Intercollegiate Competition, Three Mile Road Race, Amateur Athletic Union (Southern Association). 1921. Grant Field, Atlanta.
*12. Winner of First Place, Intercollegiate Competition, Birmingham Athletic Club Three Mile Road Race. 1921. Birmingham.
*13. Winner of First Place, Intercollegiate Competition, Two Mile Run, Amateur Athletic Union Track Meet. 1922. Grant Field, Atlanta.
14. Winner of First Place, Armistice Day Intercollegiate Three Mile Road Race. 1922. University.
**15. Winner of First Place, Three Mile Road Race, American Athletic Union (Southeastern). 1922. Grant Field, Atlanta.
*16. Winner of First Place, Intercollegiate Competition, Birmingham Athletic Club Three Mile Road Race. 1922. Birmingham.
17. Winner of First Place, Mile Run, Alabama-Birmingham Southern Track Meet. 1923. Birmingham.
18. Winner of First Place, Two Mile Run, Alabama-Birmingham Southern Track Meet. 1923. Birmingham.
19. Winner of Second Place, One-Half Mile Run (880), Alabama-Birmingham Southern Track Meet. 1923. Birmingham.
*20. Winner of Second Place, Two Mile Run, Southern Intercollegiate Conference. 1923. Montgomery.
21. Winner of First Place Mile Run, R.O.T.C. Intercollegiate Track Meet. 1923. Pensacola.
22. Winner of First Place, Two Mile Run, R.O.T.C. Intercollegiate Track Meet. 1923. Pensacola.
**23. Winner of First Place, Georgia Tech Invitational Three Mile Road Race. 1923. Grant Field, Atlanta.
**24. Winner of First Place, American Athletic Union Road Race, Three and One-Half Miles. 1923. Atlanta, Georgia.
25. Winner of First Place, Thanksgiving Three Mile Road Race, Alabama-Birmingham Southern. 1923. Birmingham.
***26. Winner of First Place, Birmingham Athletic Club Three Mile Road Race. Broke Southern Record 20 Seconds. 1923. Birmingham. (This Record Established in 1923 Still Stands Today).
27. Winner of First Place, One Mile Run, Alabama-Birmingham Southern Track Meet. 1924. University.
28. Winner of First Place, Two Mile Run, Alabama-Birmingham Southern Track Meet. 1924. University.
29. Winner of Second Place, One-Half Mile Run (880), Alabama-Birmingham Southern Track Meet. 1924. University.
30. Winner of First Place, One Mile Run, Alabama-Tulane Track Meet. 1924. New Orleans, Louisiana.
31. Winner of First Place, Two Mile Run, Alabama-Tulane Track Meet. 1924. New Orleans, Louisiana.
32. Guest Columnist, "Dusting 'Em Off" (Zipp Newman), Birmingham News, June 23, 1934. Full-Page, two column article.
33. Commended as "South's Most Brilliant Distance Runner" by Leading Southern Sportswriter, Zipp Newman, a Decade after Graduation, "Dusting 'Em Off" (Zipp Newman), Birmingham News, June 23, 1934.
34. Acknowledged as "The South's Greatest Distance Runner," The Corolla, 1924, at Pages 423 and 424.
35. Noted as "Alabama's Shining Knight of the Cinderpath," The Corolla, 1925, at Page 31.
36. Noted as "one of true greats of Alabama athletic history," The Corolla, 1923, at Page 217.
37. Noted as "one of best cross-country harriers in Dixie," The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 10, 1922, at Page 8.
38. Commended his Sophomore year as "one of best distance men that ever competed for the Crimson Tide - who would shatter several Dixie collegiate marks," The Birmingham News, December 17, 1922, at Page 5.
39. Described as "one of the most admirable athletic students ever produced by the University of Alabama," The Birmingham News, December 12, 1923.
40. Noted as "holder of the collegiate record for the Three Mile Run," The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 12, 1923, at Page 14.
41. Described as "the Iron Man of the Alabama track team" for his victories in as many as four distance events in a single afternoon. The Corolla, 1923.
42. Winner of thirty medals and trophies in intercollegiate competition in Track, Cross-Country and Road Racing. 1920-1924. Many of these victories were over semi-professional athletes who would be barred from competition today under N.C.A.A. rules. (e.g. Stokes of Atlanta Athletic Club, a semi-professional, and acknowledged as one of Dixie's greatest distance runners beaten by Irons).
STATE OF ALABAMA RECORDS (1924)
*43. Two Mile Run. Southern Intercollegiate Conference. 10 minutes, 1 second. 1923. Montgomery.
***44. Three Mile Road Race. Birmingham Athletic Club. 15 minutes, 27 4/5 seconds. 1923. Birmingham.
SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE RECORDS (1924)
**45. Three Mile Road Race. Amateur Athletic Union Race. 17 minutes, 24 seconds. 1922. Atlanta.
**46. Three and One-Half Mile Road Race. Georgia Tech Invitational Road Race. 18 minutes, 33 seconds. 1923. Atlanta.
***47. Three Mile Road Race. Birmingham Athletic Club. 15 minutes 27 4/5 seconds. Broke southern record. 1923. Birmingham.
LEGEND
*Official Conference Championship Competition -- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (S.I.A.A.); Southern Intercollegiate Conference (S.I.C.); or American Athletic Union (A.A.U.).
**Official Conference Record Broken.
***Official Conference Record Broken and never equalled or excelled on this designated course; Official Conference Championship Competition.