====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0662_2 from reel: NP 14931 (2010-03-01 to 2010-07-28) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/65419 Title: National Champion Runner Dies at 78 Summary: Obituary of Richard "Dick" Wilson, former KU track star who died at 78 after battling brain cancer for 21 months. Wilson was a member of KU's 1953 NCAA championship cross-country team and was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. Category: local news Subjects: athletics; university of kansas; track and field; obituaries Named Entities: Wilson, Richard "Dick" [track athlete]; Wilson, Phyllis JoAn [spouse] Confidence: 0.95 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: KU Continuing Education; KANSAN.COM; McDonald's Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.