Tom Longboat (a really old distance runner) made the GOOGLE DOODLE! (At least in the US).
Discus.
Tom Longboat (a really old distance runner) made the GOOGLE DOODLE! (At least in the US).
Discus.
two Longboat threads
who wooda thunk
This was a rarity (perhaps the first Google Doodle to depict a runner?) so I looked up something about Longboat. Name was familiar as an early long distance runner but didn't know that he won the 1907 Boston Marathon, breaking the course record by 5 minutes on a snowy day.
Found a good 5 min bio video here:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-150/canada-150-tom-longboat-1.4067560
Hopefully people read this and realize that this is where I started the Marathon on a track meme.
Longboat was lapped multiple times and came back to win.