First Four Minutes

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  • ISBN 9780750935302
  • Weight: 210g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Feb 2004
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Roger Bannister's own account of becoming the became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes - a feat which established him as one of the most famous sportsmen in history.

After becoming the first man to run a sub-four-minute-mile Roger Bannister retired from competition and went on to pursue a distinguished career as a neurologist, chairman of the Sports Council and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. He continued to run until 1975 when a car accident injured his ankle. He was knighted the same year. He lives in Oxford.

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