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Tom Longboat

Tom Longboat is known for Canadian distance runner. Tom Longboat was born on 4 June 1887.

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Who is Tom Longboat?

Tom Longboat is best known for Canadian distance runner. Tom Longboat is a Canadian public figure. Tom Longboat was born on 4 June 1887, which places Tom Longboat among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1880s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Tom Longboat is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: Canadian distance runner
Nationality: Canadian
Born: 4 June 1887

About Tom Longboat

He was known as the "bulldog of Britannia" and was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War. When Longboat was a child, a Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) resident of the reserve, Bill Davis, who in 1901 finished second in the Boston Marathon, interested him in running races. He began racing in 1905, finishing second in the Victoria Day race at Caledonia, Ontario. His first important victory was in the Around the Bay Road Race in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1906, which he won by three minutes. In 1907 he won the Boston Marathon in a record time of 2:24:24 over the old 24+1⁄2-mile (39.4 km) course, four minutes and 59 seconds faster than any of the previous ten winners of the event. He collapsed in the 1908 Olympic Games marathon, along with several other leading runners. In response to Longboat's performance in the marathon, Canadian team manager J. Howard Crocker reported that Longboat was likely "doped", explaining...

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What is Tom Longboat known for?

Tom Longboat is known for Canadian distance runner.

When was Tom Longboat born?

Tom Longboat was born on 4 June 1887.

What nationality is Tom Longboat?

Tom Longboat's nationality is Canadian.

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