Posted on Mar 4, 2018

Sir Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

Sgt Wayne Wood

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Sir Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

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Posted 6 y ago

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Capt Tom Brown

Posted 6 y ago

He was #1 who will always be remembered. Nobody ever heard of the bloke who holds the current astonishing record of 3:43.

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SN Greg Wright

Posted 6 y ago

FIrst man recorded. Seriously doubt he was the first.

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SN Greg Wright

6 y

Sgt Wayne Wood - lol true. It's just that I'm pretty sure some of those early guys on the savannah, pre-diaspora, would'a smoked the good Mr. Bannister.

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Sgt Wayne Wood

6 y

I’m sure several racist & non-PC jokes can be made... SN Greg Wright

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SN Greg Wright

6 y

Sgt Wayne Wood - That wasn't in my head at all. It's just that those guys ran for a living. Literally.

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Sgt Wayne Wood

6 y

SN Greg Wright you’re a swab jockey, i’m a jarhead... in a case of non-PC thoughts who do you think will be found guilty by the thought police?

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

Posted 6 y ago

Quite the athlete - he will be missed.

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Sir Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

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