Tom Longboat
Canadian distance runner (1886ā1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Charles Longboat (4 July 1886 ā 9 January 1949, Iroquois name: Cogwagee)[1] was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and, for much of his career, the dominant long-distance runner. He was known as the "bulldog of Britannia"[2] and was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War.[3][4]
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Full name | Thomas Charles Longboat |
Born | (1886-07-04)July 4, 1886 Six Nations Reserve Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
Died | January 9, 1949(1949-01-09) (aged 62) Six Nations Reserve |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
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Sport | Running |
Event | Long-distance |
Club | Brantford |
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