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  1. Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

  2. Sep 9, 2022 · Frank Shorter was the first American winner of the Olympic Marathon since 1908. No man from the United States has won it since.

  3. Frank Shorter (born October 31, 1947, Munich, Germany) is a runner who became the first American in 64 years to win the Olympic marathon, earning the gold medal at the 1972 Games in Munich, West Germany, the city of his birth.

  4. Jun 21, 2018 · By all accounts, Frank Shorter is the father of the modern running boom. He spins a captivating narrative about winning the ’72 Olympic Marathon, leading the fight against illegal...

  5. Sep 10, 2022 · For people who favor clean and simple marks for the start of something new, America’s “running boom” began 50 years ago today, on Sept. 10, 1972, when Frank Shorter, a Yale graduate and law...

  6. Frank Shorter was born October 31, 1947 and is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s.

  7. Frank Shorter was a driving force in the distance running boom that started in the U.S. in the late 1970s. He captured the imagination of runners throughout the country and worldwide when he won the 1972 Olympic marathon, finishing more than two minutes ahead of his closest competitor.

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