Kansas Track & Field and Cross Country Mourns the Loss of Al Frame

LAWRENCE, Kan. – 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. Frame finished his career at KU as a member of three Big Seven Conference championship-winning teams and two individual Big Seven Championships.

As a track and field runner, Frame won a total of six Big Seven Conference championships: four indoor (1954, two-mile run; 1955-56, mile run; 1956, 88-yard run) and two outdoor (1955, mile run; 1955, two-mile run). In 1955, he also placed third at the outdoor NCAA Championships.

Not only was Frame a standout on the track, but he also excelled academically at KU. Frame arrived to Kansas in 1952 as a Summerfield Scholarship recipient, awarded to only 10 students throughout the state of Kansas. Frame was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was the senior class president.

From Wichita, Kansas, Frame competed for East High School and was inducted into the 2017 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. In 2008, he received the Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award to recognize his support of the Kansas Honors Program. Frame attended law school at Kansas and after two years in the Army, moved to Kinsley, Kansas to practice law. While at Wichita East, Frame earned individual state championship titles in cross country in 1951 and the one mile in 1952. Frame was inducted into the Wichita East high school Hall of Fame in 2009.

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Kansas Track & Field and Cross Country Mourns the Loss of Al Frame

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