When was tom longboat born

Regardless of when he was born, the province has celebrated in his honour for on this day for over a decade. He won the Around the Bay in Hamilton in , which was his first big win, and followed that up with the Boston Marathon victory the following year. In Boston, he broke the course record by over five minutes, running a He also competed in the Olympic marathon in in London.

Throughout his career, he broke every Canadian running record from the mile up to the marathon, and in , he was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame with a list of accolades that few if any Canadian runners today can dream of rivalling. Longboat retired from running when he was 29 and fought for Canada during WWI, where he was wounded on two occasions. He joined the th Pioneer Battalion and became a dispatch carrier, a highly dangerous job.

Tom used his athletic ability to run messages from one military post to another. He was stationed at a military camp near Brantford, Ontario.

A remarkable national hero, Tom is recognized in numerous books, articles, and web pages. As well, various races, scholarships, clubs and a school have been named in his honour. Written by Mike Turner.

This article was published in the Wildfire Volume 30, Number 3. The famous Six Nations' distance runner became a dispatch carrier with the th Battalion. As well, he competed in army sporting contests, and won the Dominion Day Competition's eight-mile race in The famous runner was wounded twice during his time of service. Once he was declared dead, but he survived the war and returned to Canada in Tom Longboat died in at the age of Runner: Tom Charles Longboat Longboat was wounded twice and once was wrongly reported killed.

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