Thomas John Lesley Miles (17 November 1905 – 9 October 1961) was an
Australian
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professional athlete/sprinter who won the 1927
Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, St ...
sprint race and 1928 World Champion by defeating then reigning champion,
Tim Banner.
Early life
Miles was born in
Bundaberg
Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...
, the son of James Miles (1878-1940) and Grace Merrifield Nicholson (1885-1943). He attended Bundaberg South State School from 1911.
Later life
Miles died after being struck by a car in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
in 1961.
External links
* Confirmation of the above and photo of Tom Miles is held at the Bundaberg & District Historical Museu
Refer Museum Co-ordinator, Mrs Christine Spence.
* http://www.stawellgift.com/images/stories/documents/stawell%20gift%20winners%20since%201878.xls
Australian male sprinters
1905 births
1961 deaths
Sportspeople from Bundaberg
Athletes from Queensland
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