John Youie 'Long John' Woodruff was a middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Woodruff was born July 5, 1915 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He was only a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh in 1936 when he placed second at the National AAU meet and first at the Olympic Trials, […]
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