charlie april july american track field athlete set world record shot named year won national collegiate athletic association ncaa shot championship competing university_of_michigan kansas april broke year old world record throwing shot foot record considered favorite olympic gold medal injury prevented qualifying games undergoing surgery november sat season came win big conference shot championship later lawyer practiced law detroit michigan years inducted second class early years born birmingham alabama moved family illinois age prior senior year high school family moved detroit following lone track season detroit named year place performance winning effort shot feet better state champion later summer competed man team won high jump shot won yard relay running yard legs later disqualified having runners finished second place meet disqualification preventing winning enrolled university_of_michigan scholarship paid way college summer jobs working dining room big shot record won big indoor shot championship early subsequent outdoor track season throwing feet break big conference record meet early broke watson ferry field record throw feet inches big outdoor track field meet late illinois broke big shot record qualifying rounds reported friday finals highlighted shot set new conference record feet inches smashing mark feet inches michigan set topped mark finals meet throw feet inch following month continued improve throw feet inches win ncaa meet world record won big indoor shot championship april broke world record shot kansas throw feet inches previous mark feet inch set stood reported nation greatest negro athletes smashed pair world records saturday 23rd annual kansas send hopes soaring mighty michigan shot shattered world mark event feet inches great toss came morning broke indoors fall starring toss saturday feet greater nearest competitor ironically felt ready injury discouraged discussion trip noted time opinion speed essential beef weight shot speaking technique said concentrate try explode circle coach described hardest working athletes coached added technique distinguished shot drives completely ring continuous motion previously initial hop final drive track coach looking recognize points good form difference unusual speed greatest competitor coached columnist described steady improvement freshman year junior year concluded small shot greatest long history sensational pound son later wrote father troubled unequal treatment given african american athletes kansas meet set world record arriving kansas housed home black family son wrote decided walk campus found visiting white athletes given campus tours treatment far different considered leaving decided stay compete charles called michigan tell wanted leave got told sent kansas_city represent university_of_michigan conversation short clear set new world records event june successfully defended ncaa championship ncaa meet minneapolis throw feet inches injury olympic disappointment kansas writer stated michigan retain present form certain olympic games winner shot record setting performance noted stock points higher today set world record kansas reported write names midwest terrific trio today sure leaders olympic track field squad summer relay emerged hopes glory london competing ailing year injury worsened track season wore early july forced pull track field championships strained michigan coach informed meet injury severe injury olympic competition competed olympic trials illinois mid july able meet standards result injury finished fourth despite having broken world record months earlier qualify olympic team suggested named olympic team despite fourth place finish trials argued unfair place finisher away spot team suspicion ailing hadn healed performance represented best time won gold medal summer olympics throw feet inches feet shorter world record distance despite making olympic team remained michigan valuable track field star end season chosen teammates captain season fall severity injury discovered appeared compete october observing month specialists concluded suffering fused apparently birth aggravated condition throwing pound iron ball event event associated_press reported injury ended michigan star brilliant collegiate shot putting career learning michigan shot putting ace longer thrill crowds shock handled pound shot like average citizen baseball greatest history event tall powerful perfectly idol weight fans nation destroyed lingering notion good shot man resemble legged gave hope athletes big didn big big track meet madison wisconsin spring year discover exactly soft spoken negro contributed time came line anticipation stands moment ball left hands eyes followed flight judge reported record broken like wind giant stands striking best treat remained came young eager hunters request perfect athlete sat fulfilled obligation fame early november doctors operated placing bone cracked surgery doctors described procedure percent successful refused saying time operation compete troubled years hoped operation cure allow compete comeback sitting season allow time heal surgery returned competition simultaneously lamented praised comeback noting return form feet inch throw michigan meet january describing earned second place olympics able throw distances reached victory meet wisconsin said world shot feet inches win event negro star sidelined months returned competition weeks ago feet won big conference indoor title time noted returned competition season laying year lost terrific snap favoring jim yale broke world record reported injured stands way world record shot feet michigan athlete bad world best shot years ago holds official mark feet inches won drake winning throw feet inches described comparatively compared feet inches throws year michigan track coach future athletic director dedicated book field techniques illustrated follows dedicated world record holder accepted disappointment fame success later years graduating michigan worked labor relations automobile manufacturer attending night lawyer private practice detroit inducted second class inducted inducted year michigan legends track athlete inducted hall honor died hospital surgery repair years old died
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