Facts about Bill Rodgers

Summary

Bill Rodgers (born as William Henry Rodgers in Hartford, Connecticut) is a famous Athlete from USA, he is 71 years old and still alive, born December 23, 1947.

Biography

William "Bill" Henry Rodgers is a former U.S. long-distance runner, who scored in the mid-70s to early 80s extraordinary success in the marathon.

He won the 1975 Boston Marathon and ran it the first U.S. runner for a time under 2:10. 1978, 1979 and 1980, he repeated this victory in 1979 with a new U.S. record time and his personal record of 2:09:27. 1976 to 1979 he won four times in a row the New York City Marathon in 1977 in addition to the Fukuoka Marathon.

In a marathon of the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, he was handicapped by an injury and was ranked 40th For the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, he was clear favorite, frustrated by the boycott of these Games by the United States to participate.

In 28 marathons, he remained under 2:15 - Ethiopian Abebe Mekonnen was the only brand to undercut this more often.

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Source / external links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rodgers_(athlete)