Alfred Shrubb
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| Born | 12 December 1879[1] Slinfold, West Sussex, England[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 1964 (aged 84) Bowmanville, Canada[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500–10,000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 4:17.2 (1903) Mile – 4:22.0 (1904) 5000 m – 14:51.2 (1904) 10,000 m – 30:51.6 (1904)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Shrubb (12 December 1879 – 23 April 1964) was an English
Ibrox Park, Glasgow, he broke the one hour run record as well as all amateur records from six to eleven miles, and all professional records from eight to eleven miles, running eleven miles, 1137 yards (18.742 km) in one hour. Altogether he set 28 world records.[3]
He raced ten times against the record-holding Canadian First Nations marathoner Tom Longboat,[4] winning all the races shorter than 20 miles and losing all the longer races. In 1908 he became coach of the Harvard University cross-country team, leading it to a national title. From 1919 to 1928 he coached the University of Oxford Athletics Club.
In 1928 Alfred made his home permanently in Canada, where he operated the
He is commemorated by the annual Alfie Shrubb Museum Run in Bowmanville, and the annual Alf Shrubb Memorial 5-mile cross-country run in Slinfold.
See also
References
- ^ a b Alfred Shrubb. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b c Rob Hadgraft. The Man. alfieshrubb.ca
- ^ Rob Hadgraft. The runner. alfieshrubb.ca
- ^ Humber, William. Bowmanville: A Small Town at the Edge. Natural Heritage Books, 1997.
- ^ Taws, Charles. "When Barley was King!" Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine ClaringtonPromoter, December 2012.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alfred Shrubb.
- Rob Hadgraft. Biography of Alfred Shrubb
- Shea, Kevin (2008). "Alfie Shrubb", pp. 36–37 in Bowmanville: 150 Years, 150 Stories. Bowmanville Sesquicentennial Society.
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