Robert Cannon
2000 - Track - Osage

DATE OF BIRTH: February 7, 1931
  • BIRTH PLACE: Arkansas City, Kansas
  • TRIBE: Osage
  • EDUCATION: Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas
    University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
  • SPORTS DATA: Track and Field

ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • State High Jump Champion - Repeatedly Set new records at Various Meets for Haskell - 1949
  • Missouri Valley AAU Champion - Won 1st Place in 18 out of 19 Meets at Haskell - 1950
  • All-Japan track Champion in Sasbo, Japan - 1953
  • Won Kansas Relays high Jump, University of Kansas, Continued to Set New Records - 1956
  • Big 8 Outdoor Champion, University of Kansas - 1958
  • Big 8 Indoor champion, University of Kansas, Won 1st Place in all 8 Meets - 1959
  • Kansas Relays Champion, University of Kansas, Member of KU Coach Bill Easton’s Grand Slam Track & Field Teams that were Undefeated in Conference History - 1959
  • Big 8 Outdoor Champion, University of Kansas - 1959
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