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The first Boston Athletic Association Indoor Games were held on February 15, 1890 at Mechanics Hall. [1] 701 athletes entered the games, a number that "exceed[ed] that at any indoor meeting known in the history of amateur athletics", according to the New York Times.
For many years, the Boston Athletic Association Indoor Games, not the Boston Marathon, was the Association's premier event. It attracted top athletes, including Cornelius Warmerdam, Wes Santee, and Ron Delany. However, as the years went on, attendance declined (dropping from 13,645 in 1960 to 9,008 in 1971) and overhead costs increased, making ...
In 1946, Boston Athletic Association president Walter A. Brown appointed Cloney to the unpaid part-time position of meet and race director. [2] In 1964 he succeeded Brown as president of the B.A.A. [4] During Cloney's tenure with the B.A.A., the Boston Marathon grew from a small event that took little planning into a near full-time job. [4]
Emma Bates (born July 8, 1992) [1] is an American long-distance runner, who competes in the marathon.Her achievements include winning the USA Marathon Championships in 2018, placing second in the 2021 Chicago Marathon, and finishing fifth in the 2023 Boston Marathon.
Wesley William Coe Jr. (May 8, 1879 – December 24, 1926), sometimes listed as William Wesley Coe Jr., [2] was an American track and field athlete who competed principally in the shot put and also in the hammer throw, discus throw, and tug of war.
Morris "Maurice, Moe" Roberts (December 13, 1905 – February 7, 1975) was an American ice hockey goaltender with the Boston Bruins, New York Americans, and Chicago Black Hawks for periods between 1925 and 1951, spending the rest of his career in different minor leagues.
Statue of John J. Kelley and his dog Brutus in Mystic, CT. John Joseph "Johnny" Kelley (December 24, 1930 – August 21, 2011) was an American long-distance runner who won the 1957 Boston Marathon and the marathon at the 1959 Pan American Games. [3]
1892- Chicago AA 12, Boston AA 18; 1893- Chicago AA 8, Boston AA 4; 1894- Chicago AA 8, Dartmouth 4; As seen from the record above, this was not the first time Chicago AA had played the Boston Athletic Association in a Thanksgiving Day football game, with the two clubs playing twice in 1892–98, both Chicago victories.