Verlen Kruger
Verlen Kruger (June 30, 1922 in Pulaski County, Indiana – August 2, 2004) was an American canoe enthusiast who paddled over Script error: No such module "convert". in his lifetime.
Biography
Kruger was born in 1922 in Pulaski County, Indiana.[1] When he as 14 years old, he dropped out of high school to help provide for his family during the Great Depression.[2] During World War II, Kruger got drafted into the Army, where he was enlisted to be a tank driver. He graduated from the Army Air Force Flight Training School, and became a pilot, and eventually a flight instructor.[2] Upon his exit from the Army, he moved to DeWitt, Michigan and started in business as a plumbing contractor.[2]
Paddling
Over the course of his life, Verlen Kruger paddled the most miles (over 100,000 miles) of any single competitor in the sport.[3] Kruger started his paddling career at age 41.[4] Of particular note are the Script error: No such module "convert". Two Continent Canoe Expedition[5] and the Script error: No such module "convert". Ultimate Canoe Challenge, the longest canoe journey ever.[6][7]
Legacy
During his lifetime of canoeing, he earned 11 Guinness World Records, and was the first canoeist to paddle up the Grand Canyon.[2] A bronze statue of Kruger was erected on the banks of the Grand River in Portland, Michigan by family and friends in 2010.[8][9]
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- American male canoeists
- 1922 births
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- People from Pulaski County, Indiana
- People from Lansing, Michigan
- World record holders
- American military personnel of World War II
- American writers
- People from Portland, Michigan
- 20th-century American sportsmen