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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.
Switzer got away and finished the race. Semple's attack was captured by photographers and the melee on the course made international headlines. [10] After the race, Cloney stated that "Women can't run in the Marathon because the rules forbid it. Unless we have rules, society will be in chaos. I don't make the rules, but I try to carry them out.
[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, 84, Scottish-born ... 59, American auto racing builder and promoter, murdered. [102] 17 ... 70, American game show producer and host (The Price Is Right). 19
Angie Butler and Danny Butler. Yuri Hasegawa/CBS The Amazing Race season 36 contestants Angie and Danny Butler’s elimination was a hard one to watch as it came down to something outside of their ...
"Meryl Streep’s face w the jock strap joke," one wrote. "Meryl streep reacting to being called a jockstrap was amazing," one person tweeted . This article was originally published on TODAY.com
MegaRace takes place in the distant future, where the player is a contestant on a fictional game show and namesake, MegaRace.The program is broadcast on the fictional VWBT (Virtual World Broadcast Television) television channel, where contestants compete in a live-or-die race match against speed gangs.