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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.
If I quit, Jock Semple and all those like him would win. My fear and humiliation turned to anger. [3] Later, Switzer would soften her views on Semple. The two became friends, and Switzer wrote: I realized Jock Semple was just an over-worked race director protecting his event from people he thought were not serious about running.
Trask's photo sequence of Jock Semple attacking runner Kathrine Switzer in the 1967 Boston Marathon. Trask photographed Kathrine Switzer being attacked by race organiser Jock Semple for being a woman and officially running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. [6] [7]
Runner Kathrine Switzer attacked by race official Jock Semple in effort to prevent a woman from running the 1967 marathon. The Boston Marathon rule book made no mention of gender until after the 1967 race. [16] Nor did the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) exclude women from races that included men until after the 1967 Boston Marathon. [17]
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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