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| '''William Bruce Jenner''' (born ], ] in ]) is a ] track athlete | |||
| An excellent high school athlete, Bruce Jenner earned a ] scholarship and attended Graceland College (now ]), but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and switch to the ]. He became an American champion in the event and won a gold medal at the ]. He was the 1976 recipient of the ] as the top amateur athlete in the United States. | |||
| Bruce Jenner attended Newtown High School in ]. The stadium there was to be named after him, but following an argument between the school and Jenner, the stadium is now called Blue and Gold Stadium. | |||
| He is widely known to have struggled with ] and after retiring from sports, he built a successful career as a motivational speaker. In addition, he has acted in a number of television shows and motion pictures. He will take part in the new ] ] '']''. | |||
| His sons (with ], to whom he was married from ] to ]) Brandon and Brody appeared in their own reality show '']'', which featured them living with their stepfather ]. His stepdaughter ] likewise appeared on the ] network's reality series '']''. | |||
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