What key details about gordon glisson can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: gordon p. glisson -lrb- october 31 , 1930 - february 23 , 1997 -rrb- was an american champion thoroughbred horse racing jockey . born in winnsboro , south carolina , at age fifteen he and his mother moved to seattle , washington . he began working at the longacres racetrack in nearby renton , washington then as an apprentice jockey rode in his first race at the ak-sar-ben racetrack in omaha , nebraska . in 1948 , younger brother john weldon glisson would also become a jockey . within a few years , gordon glisson developed into a top jockey and in the 1948-1949 winter racing season he led all jockeys at santa anita park in wins . in 1949 he also rode in new york state where he had four winners in one day and ended the year as the leading in new york and in total won more races than any jockey in the united states . during his outstanding 1949 campaign he won the prestigious santa anita derby with old rockport then rode him to a fourth-place finish in the kentucky derby and to eighth place in the preakness stakes . among glisson 's other important wins , on january 26 , 1950 he rode miche to a huge upset win over the great citation in the la sorpresa handicap at santa anita park . in 1955 , glisson won another major west coast event , capturing the hollywood gold cup aboard king ranch 's , rejected . a fan favorite , '' the new yorker '' magazine of march 5 , 1949 -lrb- p. 79 -rrb- wrote that '' what impresses horsemen most is that his style is remarkably like that of the late george woolf , even to the coolness he shows in tight finishes . '' in a similar vein , the october 31 , 1949 issue of time magazine did an article on gordon glisson titled '' '' the kid with the cold eye . '' '' in 1950 , glisson was the first recipient of the newly created george woolf memorial jockey award given to a successful thoroughbred racing jockey in north america who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct , on and off the racetrack . in 2003 , he was nominated for the washington thoroughbred racing...
- updated is october 23 , 2008- death date is february 23 , 1997- horses is old rockport , rejected- race is kentucky 1949 -rrb- saratoga special stakes -lrb- 1949 -rrb- del mar oaks debutante stakes -lrb- 1951 -rrb- la jolla handicap -lrb- 1951 -lrb- , 1955 -rrb- san luis rey handicap -lrb- 1952 -rrb- 1949 santa maria handicap -lrb- 1954 -rrb- hollywood gold cup -lrb- -rrb- 1955 -rrb- los angeles handicap -lrb- 1955 -rrb- palomar handicap santa -lrb- 1955 -rrb- san felipe stakes -lrb- 1957 -rrb- anita derby -lrb-- awards is '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- united states champion jockey by wins -lrb- seattle 1949 -rrb- george woolf memorial jockey award -lrb- 1950 -rrb- post-intelligencer '' sports star of the year- birth date is october 31 , 1930- name is gordon glisson- birth place is winnsboro , south carolina , u.s.- occupation is jockey