Alfred Shrubb (12 December 1879 – 23 April 1964) known as Alfie Shrubb was an English middle and

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. During an amateur career lasting from 1899 to 1905 (when he was barred from amateur competition for receiving payment for running) and a professional career from 1905 to 1912 he won over 1,000 races of about 1,800. At the peak of his career he was virtually unbeatable at distances up to 15 miles, often racing against relay teams so that the race would be more competitive. On 4 November 1904, at

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, Glasgow, he broke the one hour run record as well as all amateur records from six to eleven miles, and all professional records from eight to eleven miles, running eleven miles, 1137 yards (18.742 km) in one hour. Altogether he set 28 world records. He raced ten times against the record-holding Canadian First Nations marathoner

Tom Longboat Thomas Charles Longboat (4 July 18869 January 1949, Iroquois name: Cogwagee) 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 ...

,Humber, William
''Bowmanville: A Small Town at the Edge''
Natural Heritage Books, 1997. winning all the races shorter than 20 miles and losing all the longer races. In 1908 he became coach of the Harvard University cross-country team, leading it to a national title. From 1919 to 1928 he coached the University of Oxford Athletics Club. In 1928 Alfred made his home permanently in Canada, where he operated the

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in Bowmanville, Ontario until 1949.Taws, Charles
"When Barley was King!"
''ClaringtonPromoter'', December 2012. He died there in 1964. He is commemorated by the annual Alfie Shrubb Museum Run in Bowmanville, and the annual Alf Shrubb Memorial 5-mile cross-country run in Slinfold.

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