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Tom Longboat

Distance runner · 1887-1949

An Onondaga runner who took the Boston Marathon by five minutes and ran dispatches at the Somme.

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Life story

1. July 4, 1887 · Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario
   Born on the Six Nations reserve
2. April 19, 1907 · Boston, Massachusetts
   Won the Boston Marathon in record time
3. 1909 · New York
   Took the professional world championship at Madison Square Garden
4. 1916 · France
   Served as a dispatch runner on the Western Front and was twice reported dead
5. January 9, 1949 · Six Nations of the Grand River
   Died at Six Nations

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Tom Longboat
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia