Bruce Fullerton (2004)
Little Rock Central and University of Arkansas
At UA on freshman relay team that set UA 440-yard relay record at 42.2 sec. at Texas Relays in 1959. A track & football standout at Little Rock Central; a member of 3 state HS championship track teams 1956, 1957 and 1958, ran the 100‑yd, 220-yd, and 440-yd dashes and was a member of the state record holding 440-, 880- and Mile Relay teams. In 1957 he was the first Arkansas HS athlete to break 50 sec. in the 440 when he set the state HS record in the 440- in his junior year at 49.1. His best HS time in the 100-yard Dash was 9.9. At Pulaski Heights Jr. High earned Track letters in 1953-1955; participated in the Discus, Shot Put, Broad Jump, 50- yard, 100-yard, and 220-yard Dashes, 440- yard Run and the 440-,880-, and Mile Relays. His Jr. High team won the state championship in 1955 and he set state records in the 220-yard Dash (23.2) and 440-yard Run (51.8) and tied records in the 50- (5.8) and the 100-yard Dash (10.6). |