HI299 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: International Association Of Athletics Federations, Tom Longboat, Winnipeg Falcons
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Onodaga distance runner form the six nations indian reserve. 1906, around the bay road race, hamilton (first win) 1907, won the boston marathon in record time. 1908, longboat was favoured to win the marathon at the london olympics. Leslie boyd (amateur athletic federation of canada) and james sullivan (american. Both men colluded to declare longboat a professional. Boyd was labelled as nationally disloyal and dishonourable : rhetoric largely avoided discussion of racism. The controversy 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. First games to be played absent world"s fair. Women and child rearing= greatest accomplishment to encourage sons to excel. First world war led to the cancellation of the berlin games 1916. Issue of women"s participation emerged again in 1920.
