HI299 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: International Olympic Committee, Tom Longboat, Longboat
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Onodaga distance runner from the six nations indian reserve. 1906, around the bay road race,hamilton (first win) 1907, won the boston marathon in record time. 1909, won the world"s professional marathon championship. Dominated the race with finishing sprints (cid:1) 1908, longboat was favoure to win the marathon at the london. Olympics leslie boyd (amateur athletic federation of canada) and james. Both men colluded to declare longboat a professional this would disqualify longboat from the olympics. Boyd was labeled as nationally disloyal and dishonourable : rhetoric largely avoided discussion of racism. Controvery led to the collapse of the aafc. Longboat competed in the olympics nonetheless and did not win. He collapsed during the race after taking strychnine (central nervous system stimulate) Longboat is remembered as a preeminent canadian athlete prior to the first world war (cid:1) First games to be played absent world"s fair. Women and child rearing =greatest accomplishment to encourage sons to excel (cid:1)
