The Jack Price story: a revised view of the 1908 Olympic marathon

This is the story of an extraordinary man, or rather the beginning of the story of an extraordinary man. Although he has been dead some 50 years, additional information, amazingly, continues to emerge to this day. This account reiterates the main events in his life but focuses principally on trying to draw out the depths of this truly intriguing character. For example, it includes extensive personal tributes from his contemporaries collected in the 12 months after his burial and not published before. It concludes with some directions a more assiduous historian might care to pursue at some future date. Read the full story on this extraordinary athlete 

Jack Price

Jack Price

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