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Jack Chandler, once described as the fastest man in the South, won the Garland Trophy as the Most Outstanding Athlete in South Carolina in 1920. He set the record in the 100-yard dash at the 1923 Southern Intercollegiate Track Meet. He was also the starting forward on the state championship basketball team in 1923, the year in which he was invited to the Olympic Track Trials.
While at Clemson, Chandler never lost a 100-yard dash and lost only one 220-yard event. He graduated from Clemson in 1925 with a degree in electrical engineering. He became a member of the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1984.
