CARL BRANDT

After suspending his track career when he enlisted in the Cavalry during World War I, Carl returned home in 1918 and began racing again. In April of 1920, 34 years before Roger Bannister broke the individual four-minute mile, Brandt was a member of a mile-relay team that shattered the world record by nearly five seconds with an astonishing time of 3:21 – a record that stood for 10 years. That event occurred before a capacity crowd at the 74th Armory in Buffalo.
Carl went on to run for several clubs including the Ferguson and CA Weed Athletic clubs, the Niagara Athletic Association and Old Central, running at distances from 100-yards to 4.2 miles. He even broke the 440-yard Buffalo record set by Olympic gold medalist and GBSHOF inductee Charles Reidpath.
Carl retired from competitive running in 1928. A member of the Riverside Hall of Fame, he passed away in 1954.