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...German soldier named Feigenbaum who was killed during World War II, Uelses came to the U.S. in 1949, moved in with a great-aunt in Miami and took his aunt's name. In high school he ran hurdles, vaulted and played football, won a track scholarship to the University of Alabama. Unhappy at Alabama ("Bear Bryant had just come, and all they thought about was football"), he quit in his sophomore year and joined the Marines. Assigned to Marine Corps Schools in Quantico, Va., Uelses began training in earnest, determined to break the elusive 16-ft. barrier. He worked...
...college team gets through the winter undefeated, dopesters agreed, it might be Kentucky, which has about everything that Illinois has-except a back-breaking schedule. George Feigenbaum, top scorer among New York City's 40 high school teams last year, turned out, found he could do no better than Kentucky's fourth team, packed up and left...