Tom Longboat with the Ward Marathon Trophy in 1907
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Charles Longboat
Born
(1886-07-04)July 4, 1886 Six Nations Reserve Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Died
January 9, 1949(1949-01-09) (aged 62) Six Nations Reserve
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport
Running
Event
Long-distance
Club
Brantford
Thomas Charles Longboat (4 July 1886 – 9 January 1949, Iroquois name: Cogwagee)[1] was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and, for much of his career, the dominant long-distance runner. He was known as the "bulldog of Britannia"[2] and was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War.[3][4]
^Kidd, Bruce. "Tom Longboat". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^Wyatt, Kyle (July 2020). "Summer School". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^Thomas Longboat's CEF Attestation Paper, at Library and Archives Canada
^"Tom Longboat". Olympedia. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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