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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 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 ...
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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Jock Semple; Greg Smith (rugby league) Herschel Curry Smith; John Smith (sprinter) Mike Smith (running coach) Miles Smith (sprinter) Larry Snyder (athlete) Jim Sorensen;
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
She was assigned bib number 261 and assumed to be male, although she did not claim that. Two miles into the race, Switzer was momentarily stopped by race co-director Jock Semple, who unsuccessfully tried to remove her race number. [5] [24] The confrontation between Switzer and Semple was memorialized in photographs.
The 1995 Boston Marathon was the 99th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 17.The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Cosmas Ndeti in a time of 2:09:22 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Uta Pippig in 2:25:11.