Famous People from
Clark County, Kansas including Leland Shaffer, Wes Santee and
Ronald Johnson
Leland Shaffer was
running back and quarterback in the NFL for the
New York Giants from 1935 to 1945. Shaffer was
born in the small town of Mineola in Clark
County Kansas in 1912.
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Wes Santee
nicknamed the "Ashland Antelope" was a
middle distance runner and athlete who competed
mainly in the 1,500 meters and mile events. He
was born David Wesley Santee in 1932 in Ashland,
Kansas and attended high school in Ashland,
where he set a state record in the mile run. In
1955 he won the silver medal in the 1,500 meters
at Pan American Games in Mexico City.
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Ronald Johnson
was an American poet who was born in the small
town of Ashland, Clark County Kansas in 1935.
His published works included A Line of
Poetry, A Row of Trees , Valley of the
Many-Colored Grasses, To Do As Adam Did:
Selected Poems of Ronald Johnson, and ARK.
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