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Photograph courtesy of Boston Public
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Running Today: Olympians:
Ellison Myers "Tarzan"
Brown
Ellison Myers "Tarzan" Brown
Two time winner of the Boston Marathon,
participant in the 1936 Olympics
"The economy in these depression times provided little
for most Americans and nothing for Indians. They were a
conquered people living on the margin... Ellison Myers
Brown, born on the margin, saw running as his only way out
of poverty." (Tom Derderian, 1994, The Boston Marathon:
The History of the World's Premier Running Event)
Brown's Chronology
- 1934 Boston Marathon, placed 32nd
- 1935 Boston Marathon, placed 13th
- 1936 Boston Marathon, winner
- 1936 Olympics, participant
- 1937 Boston Marathon, placed 31st
- 1938 Boston Marathon, placed 51st
- 1939 Boston Marathon, winner
- 1940 Boston Marathon, placed 13th
- 1943 Boston Marathon, placed 21st
- 1946 Boston Marathon, placed 12th
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