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Kelly claimed he didn’t mean it to taunt Brown. Tarzan Brown’s nephew said that Johnny Kelley touched him as if to say ‘All right, sonny, step aside -let the grown ups through. The name comes from the 1936 Boston Marathon, when defending champion Johnny Kelley passed leader Tarzan Brown at the Newton hills and gave him a pat on the back. This hill is located between the 20th- and 21st-mile mark, the last of four hills in Newton. Heart Break Hill got it’s name from Tarzan Brown.
There is a book called Ellison Tarzan Brown: The Narragansett Indian Who Twice Won the Boston Marathon by Michael Ward. There is an annual road race named in his honor in Mystic, CT. He died in 1975 after being hit by a van at the age of 61.
He married and had four children and often had to sell the medals and trophies he’d won in order to support his family. He supported himself by working as a stonemason and shell fisherman. Before the 1939 Boston Marathon (which he won) it’s said that he missed breakfast and arrived shortly before the start eating hot dogs and drinking milk shakes. He also ran in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and was scheduled to run in the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo which was cancelled due to the start of WW11. He was a two time winner of the Boston Marathon in 1936 (2:33:40) and 1939 (2:28:51, an American men’s record). He threw them into the crowd at mile 21 and finished the marathon barefoot making him a fan favorite. In the 1935 Boston Marathon his outfit was composed of remaking one of his mother’s old dresses and his shoes were falling apart. He was noticed for his running ability at age 12 and began training around age 16. His nickname “Tarzan” was given to him in childhood because he loved to be outdoors climbing trees, swinging from branches, and because he had good balance and lots of strength. He received little formal education and didn’t attend school beyond 7th grade. He had six siblings but his three brothers died young (drowning, gun accident, and stabbing). Tarzan Brown (AKA Deerfoot) was born in 1914 as a direct descendant of the royal family of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. Tarzan Brown photo credit: Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 and the first male marathon winner was Spiridon Louis, a Greek water carrier, with a time of 2:58:50. This means he covered 153 miles (almost six marathons) in two days time probably without the benefit of rest or much nutrition. He arrived in Sparta “the day after he set out”. Pheidippides had to run to Sparta to recruit the Spartans against the invading Persians. His most famous run from Marathon to Athens (where the marathon gets its name) was not even his most impressive feat.
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Pheidippides was a hemerodromos, a day-long runner (or professional runner of the day) who, due to the rocky terrain and climate of Greece, could carry a message further and faster than a horse. In fact, a fascinating book that talks about the history of this event is The Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes (you can hear him talk about this book in episode #198). But there’s way more to the story than the fable of running 26.2 miles and dying. In fact, even some non-runners know bits and pieces of the story of the Greek runner who collapsed and died after proclaiming “nike, nike” or victory in the battle against the Persians. The name Pheidippides is forever linked with the marathon distance. and throughout history runners have been admired for their endurance and speed. The first Olympic Games took place in Greece in 776 B.C. This episode features five men and the next will feature five women.Ĭompetitive running has most likely been around as long as mankind when the ability to run down an animal during a hunt would have been necessary for survival. There are hundreds of runners who deserve to be featured but we decided to narrow our focus to ten marathoners. It’s been a while since we’ve done a history episode. what runners have influenced the marathon distance in particular? Men’s Marathon History Bannister changed the running world forever. The idea for this two part podcast was spurred by the recent death of Roger Bannister from the UK who was the first person to break four minutes in the mile in 1954.
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In this two part series we will be discussing five men and five women who shaped the sport.
These marathon heroes set new records, defied conventional wisdom, and blazed a trail for others. In this episode we share the stories of people who helped shape the sport of long distance running into what it is today. By Trevor Spencer on Main History, Podcasts
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