Thomas charles longboat biography
Thomas charles longboat biography
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Tom Longboat
Canadian distance runner (1886–1949)
Tom Longboat with the Ward Marathon Trophy in 1907 | |
| 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 | 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]
Athletic history
When Longboat was a child, a Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) resident of the reserve, Bill Davis, who in