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R.I.P. Sir Roger Bannister

Cleoriff
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Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88.

A real sporting legend

R.I..P Sir Roger heart

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/43273249

 

Roger Bannister crosses the finishing line as he runs the first sub-four-minute mile

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Sad news just read about it
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We learnt about him in school when we were doing athletics 

 

R.I.P

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Sir Roger went on to become a well respected Consultant in Neurology and did some marvellous work in that profession.

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@Cleoriffwrote:

Sir Roger went on to become a well respected Consultant in Neurology and did some marvellous work in that profession.


Never knew that. I’d always assumed he carried on doing athletics until he retired 

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Imagine having your 15 minutes of fame in under 4 minutes..

 

robbed,,

 

RIP sir!

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@Cleoriffwrote:

Sir Roger went on to become a well respected Consultant in Neurology and did some marvellous work in that profession.


Thank you for letting us know that @Cleoriff ... I clearly remember him doing the 1st mile in under 4 minutes on the tv ... black & white then

RIP Sir Roger

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I never watched athletics back then....I was only 4 ☺Not even sure we had a tv 😔

However, not to take anything away from the man, it's yet another sad loss. RIP 😕

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