Charles Archer Hefferon (25 January 1878 – 13 May 1932)[1] was an athlete representing South Africa who competed mainly in the marathon. Hefferon was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England, to an Irish father and an English mother but moved with his family to Canada and was raised on a farm near Brandon, Manitoba. He settled in South Africa after fighting in the Boer War, where he worked as a prison officer in Bloemfontein.[2]
He competed for South Africa in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the marathon where he won the silver medal in the race famous for the dramatic finish of Dorando Pietri. Hefferon was leading until the last mile and a half, when he lost ground after accepting a drink of champagne and being patted on the back by a well-wisher in the crowd. He was overtaken by Pietri, who was subsequently disqualified for being helped over the line, and by the eventual winner, Johnny Hayes of the United States.
In 1909, he won his fifth South African national title for the 4 mile run (as well as one for 10 miles), but turned professional and moved to England, winning 4 and 10 mile titles there in 1910. In 1912, he returned to Canada and settled near Simcoe, Ontario. During World War I, he enlisted and served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. After the war, Hefferon became acting chief of police in Dunnville before transferring to the Ontario Provincial Police. He worked on special assignments in Hamilton and then transferred to motorcycle patrol with the Department of Highways in Brantford, Blenheim, and starting in 1930 in Brampton.
Hefferon died in Brampton in 1932, when he was hit by a motorist while on duty.[1]
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Charles Archer Hefferon (25 January 1878 – 13 May 1932) was an athlete representing South Africa who competed mainly in the marathon. Hefferon was born...
Hefferon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: CharlesHefferon (1878–1931), South African long-distance runner Jim Hefferon (born 1958)...
the 1908 season, and surprisingly beat the Olympic silver medalist CharlesHefferon. He also won the national one and ten mile championships. The Stockholm...
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the 32 km (20 mi) mark, 4 minutes behind South African CharlesHefferon. When he knew that Hefferon was in crisis, Pietri further increased his pace, overtaking...
new Olympic record in the semifinals and matching it in the final. CharlesHefferon added a silver medal in the marathon. "Doug Stupart". olympedia.org...
world class South African runner Jack Donaldson and marathon runner CharlesHefferon, in Cape Town. On his return to Europe became the assistant trainer...
the 32 km (20 mi) mark, 4 minutes behind South African CharlesHefferon. When he knew that Hefferon was in crisis, Pietri further increased his pace, overtaking...
the 32 km (20 mi) mark, 4 minutes behind South African CharlesHefferon. When he knew that Hefferon was in crisis, Pietri further increased his pace, overtaking...
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Linear Algebra: A Geometry Toolbox, AK Peters, ISBN 978-1-56881-234-2 Hefferon, Jim (2020). Linear Algebra (4th ed.). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Orthogonal...
have caused further destabilisation. In September 1970, Colonel Michael Hefferon, the former director of army intelligence, told the Arms Crisis trial that...
30 years later showed that the state had altered statements by Colonel Hefferon to suppress the fact that he and Captain Kelly had kept Gibbons informed...
Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2015. Hefferon, Jim. Linear algebra (PDF) (Third ed.). Saint Michael's College. p. 121...
this lemma, see Roman 2008, Theorem 8.2 on p. 186; Shilov 1977, p. 109; Hefferon 2001, p. 364; Beezer 2006, Theorem EDELI on p. 469; and Lemma for linear...
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