Runners in Black: The Glory Years, and Later
Author(s): Christopher P. Tobin
In February 1954, an unlikely looking runner with a withered left arm shot into world reckoning as a miler. His name was Murray Halberg.
Coached by Arthur Lydiard, an Auckland shoe factory foreman, Halberg went on to become an Olympic champion and world record-holder, so too did another athlete Lydiard coached, Peter Snell.
Their success and that of other athletes coached by Lydiard inspired a new generation of champions through the 1970s and into the 1980s: Allison Roe, Lorraine Moller, Anne Audin, Dick Quax, Rod Dixon, Dick Tayler, and John Walker.
New Zealand became known as a nation that produced great runners.
Then tradition faded and almost died until a new star emerged, Nick Willis. However, apart from Willis the days of world-class runners coming consistently out of New Zealand have gone.
This book explores what happened.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Bosco Press (NZ) Ltd
- : Bosco Press (NZ) Ltd
- : 01 January 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Christopher P. Tobin
- : Softback
- : 384