Cliff Bricker

Clifford "Cliff" Bricker (23 April 1904 – 20 September 1980)[1] was a Canadian long-distance runner who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1927 he set the amateur world record for 15 miles.

Career

Bricker ran his first marathon in Boston in 1927, clocking 3:00:54 and finishing fourth more than 20 minutes behind the winner, Clarence DeMar.[2] The following month he won the Buffalo Marathon in 2:40:05, defeating DeMar[3] and setting a Canadian amateur record.[4] On 1 July 1927 he broke the amateur world record for 15 miles (24.14 km) in Toronto, running 1:19:11.[5][6] Bricker left early for the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam so he could acclimatize;[7] he was one of Canada's leading Olympic hopes,[8] and DeMar stated he considered Bricker the favorite for the Olympic marathon.[9] In the end he only finished tenth, but his time of 2:39:24 was still his personal best[1] and another Canadian record.[4]

Bricker broke the Canadian record for 10,000 metres at the 1932 Canadian Olympic trials, running 31:42.0.[10] At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles he placed eighth in the 10,000 metres and twelfth in the marathon.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cliff Bricker Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Marathon Marks Established by Clarence DeMar". Montreal Gazette. 20 April 1927. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Clifford Bricker, Galt Y.M.C.A., Winner Marathon At Buffalo". Ottawa Citizen. 31 May 1927. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CAN Record Progressions- Road". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "World's 15 Mile Run Record Is Shattered". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 2 July 1927. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
  7. ↑ "Leaves Early". The Pittsburgh Press. 11 March 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Canada's Olympic Hopes Summarized". The Montreal Gazette. 20 June 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Demar Calls Bricker Big Olympic Threat". Ottawa Citizen. 21 April 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Cliff Bricker Shatters Record". The Ottawa Journal. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 22 April 2014.