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John Duncan Semple (October 26, 1903 – March 10, 1988) was a Scottish-American runner, physical therapist, trainer, and sports official. In 1967, as a race official for the Boston Marathon, he attempted to stop the 20-year-old marathon runner Kathrine Switzer from continuing to run and knocked down her coach when he tried to protect her.
[99] [100] Switzer was not the first person to sneak into the all-male race, and had been preceded in 1966 by Roberta Gibb who jumped in from the crowd at the 26-mile event's start, but she was the first to apply for entry. Switzer would finish the race in 4 hours, 20 minutes, while Gibb, running again without registration, would cross the line ...
Switzer being assaulted by Jock Semple while running the Boston Marathon; taken by Harry A. Trask. At this point, according to a Sports Illustrated report, race co-director Jock Semple jumped off a following press truck and charged after Switzer. Semple did much of the actual organizing of the race, processed most of the applications, and ...
Jock Semple (1903–1988), Scots-American sports official and trainer John Greenlees Semple (1904–1985), British mathematician John Semple (civil servant) (born 1940), former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service
Billy Semple (born 1946), Scottish football player; Carol Semple (born 1948), American golfer; Frederick Semple (1872–1927), American golfer and tennis player; Jock Semple (1903–1988), Scottish-American runner and sports official who physically tried to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the 1967 Boston Marathon
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The player controls the titular motorbike stuntman Joe Danger and guides him through ten trials to defeat his nemeses, the members of Team Nasty. [8] The game uses elements of both racing and side-scrolling platform genres [6] in which the protagonist can move to the right and, by reversing, to the left as well as hopping over and ducking under various obstacles.
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