Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | March 1894 Smith Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Died | December 17, 1944 Lindsay, Ontario, Canada |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | Marathon |
Albert Smoke (March 1894 – December 17, 1944) was a Canadian long-distance runner [1] who competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [2]
Smoke, a Mississauga Anishinaabe First Nations member, was born in 1894 and raised at Curve Lake. [3] He was 4'10", [4] and considered amongst the best long-distance runners of his era. [3] He was the national marathon champion from 1920 to 1922, [3] and finished in third place at the 1922 Boston Marathon. [5] He later moved to Lindsay, Ontario, where he died in 1944 at the age of 53. [3] He was inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in 1988. [3]