Jerome Drayton, the 1977 Boston Marathon champion and long-standing Canadian marathon record holder, has died at the age of 80. Drayton, who set the Canadian marathon record in 1975 and held it for 43 years, passed away unexpectedly in Toronto during knee surgery.
Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men’s marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80.
He turned heads in 1969 by winning the Motor City Marathon in a North American record time. Later that year, he won the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan with another North American record.
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