Wilma Rudolph (who set the world record in 1960 for 100, 200, and 4×100-meter relay) had polio, scarlet fever, and pneumonia as a child, leading doctors to believe she’d never walk again.
100 Mind-Blowing Polio Facts
Here’s some amazing sports trivia for kids: Wilma Rudolph (who set the world record in 1960 for 100, 200 and 4×100-meter relay) had polio, scarlet fever and pneumonia as a child, leading doctors to believe she’d never walk again.
Candy Land was created 70 years ago to give kids stuck in polio wards a way to vicariously move freely in the pursuit of delights. The original board featured a boy in a leg brace about to walk through the starting gate of the game.
In the 1940s, a retired schoolteacher came up with Candyland to entertain children who were hospitalized from polio. Because its colour system required no reading, young kids could easily play.