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    10 months ago 07/24/2025 6:05pm EDT

    Former Kansas cross country standout Al Frame passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91.
    Frame was a standout on the Jayhawk track and field and cross country teams from 1952-56, earning All-America honors in 1954 and 1955 in cross country. In 1954, Frame won the individual cross country national championship, as he ran the four-mile course in 19:54.2, which was the fourth-fastest time at that point in history.

    kuathletics.com
    Kansas Track & Field and Cross Country Mourns the Loss of Al Frame - University of Kansas
    Former Kansas cross country standout Al Frame passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91.
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    Anyone know if he was on Kansas 1953 NCAA xc title winning team? That year Wes Santee won the individual title for them and they won the team title.

  • Ussee

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    10 months ago 07/24/2025 9:35pm EDT
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    I never heard of him but that is all the more reason to give this man some attention. May he RIP.

  • Ussee

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    10 months ago 07/24/2025 9:38pm EDT
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    Yes he was on the 1953 Championship team.

    kshof.org
    Al Frame | Kansas Sports HOF
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    RichardRider

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    10 months ago 07/24/2025 11:06pm EDT
    re: Ussee

    Ussee wrote:

    Yes he was on the 1953 Championship team.

    Link:www.kshof.org/team/al-frame

    Another Wichita East and KU great.

    Says he was born in Letts, IA. I went to kindergarten there. Mrs Schultz was my teacher.

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    86Jayhawk

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    10 months ago 07/26/2025 8:06pm EDT
    re: Ussee

    Ussee wrote:

    I never heard of him but that is all the more reason to give this man some attention. May he RIP.

    Yeah- he was a teammate of my dad. All those KU guys from the early 50s and especially the 53 XC championship team were good men and remained close over the years. Quality guy- he will be missed.

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