George Malley (athlete)
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Born | 28 July 1955 | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Penn State University, New Balance TC | |||||||||||||||||
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George "Malmo" Malley (born July 28, 1955) is an American
Early career
George Malley graduated from DuVal High School in Lanham, Maryland in 1973. He began competing in track and field and cross country his sophomore year. The DuVal High School cross-country team was ranked ninth and fifth nationally during his junior and senior years.[6][7] He would set personal bests of 4:16.4 in the mile and 9:10.2 in the two mile.
Malley attended
He was ranked sixth in the world in the 3000m steeplechase event by Track & Field News for 1977[11]
Professional career
1978 Malley would run the steeplechase in 8:21.72,
1981 began with a New Years Day attempt on
In 1982 he set the American record in the half-marathon, a 1:01:43
Nickname
In 1978 Malley defeated Swedish Olympic steeplechase runner Dan Glans in his hometown of Malmö, which earned him the nickname Malmo.
Personal bests
Event | Time | Date | Location |
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1500 m | 3:40.21 | July 6, 1978 | Göteborg, Sweden |
1 mile | 4:00.5 | August 26, 1977 | Berlin, Germany |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:21.72 | July 4, 1978 | Stockholm, Sweden |
15000 m | 43:43.2 | January 1, 1981 | Palo Alto, CA |
12 km | 35:10 | March 21, 1981 | Holyoke, MA |
10 mile | 47:02 | March 15, 1981 | Cherry Hill, NJ |
Half marathon | 1:01:43 | September 19, 1982 | Philadelphia, PA |
Marathon | 2:12:23 | December 8, 1985 | Sacramento, CA |
References
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- ^ Out of Nowhere: The Inside Story of how Nike Marketed the Culture of Running - Geoff Hollister - Google Boeken
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
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- ^ Villanova Running: Curtis's 1:01.52 Places Him 13th on All-Time USA List
- ^ XCnation - News - 1971 National Cross Country Team Rankings
- ^ XCnation - News - 1972 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - LOMPOC HS, CA
- ^ Lista Anno
- ^ "T&FN - Past Results". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ USA Records
- ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/06-mstrank.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lista Anno
- ^ Lista Anno
- ^ All-Time 15,000m Outdoor Track : World Women
- ^ a b "Untitled".
- ^ "NYC Marathon: Top Finishers". Archived from the original on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "Top 75 Men's Best Times | Course Records | Results/Photos | Run it to believe it! | California International Marathon". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-15.