Edward 'Eddie' Frank Strong (born 1936), is a male former athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

He represented

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

in the 3 miles race at the

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. The ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia. He competed in the

1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium The Partizan Stadium (Serbian language, Serbian: Стадион Партизанa / ''Stadion Partizana'') is a associa ...

. He was a member of the Bristol Club.

References

1936 births English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-athletics-bio-stub