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Stamford Athletic Running Club era 1931 - 1950
 
   Team : Running

Era: 1931 - 1950

Inducted 1998
 
Stamford Athletic Running Club era 1931 - 1950

     Stamford Athletic Club, coached by Bill Campbell, showed marked superiority over St. Catharines in their October 21, 1947 Thanksgiving Day Man-A-Mile Race.
     Described as one of the finest races ever contested in the holiday event, the Stamford Athletic club won after overcoming a couple of early Garden City leads. Starting in St. Catharines, the 14 ½ mile race was covered in one hour, six minutes and thirty seconds, just a few seconds off the record for the distance.
     Following the race, which finished in front of the Niagara Falls City Hall on Queen Street, Mayor W.L. Houck and local industrialist Harry Carmichael presented the coveted Carmichael Cup to Al D’Amico, Captain of the Stamford Athletic Club. 
 

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  Click to view photograph of Induction Ceremony
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Title 9th Sports Wall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Stamford Athletic Running Club
Creator  Simon, Pat
Description  members being awarded their plaques by Mayor Wayne Thomson (right)
Notes  Team members included : Pat Crole, Al Luciano, Earl White, Guy Mottola, Len Lawrence, Harry Sawdon, Bill (Soup) Campbell, Dick Gullion, Pop Wiltshire, Al Ross, Doug Plummer, George Butts, Ed Sherar, Sid Diamond, Doug Bowles, Al D'Amico, Jack Warga, Harry Carmichael, C E Browne, Ben Prior, W L Houck, Charles Russell ;
Date  1998.
 
 
  Photograph of Doug Plummer at Induction Ceremony
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Title 9th Sports Wall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Doug Plummer of Stamford Athletic Running Club
Creator  Simon, Pat
Description  Doug Plummer being congratulated by
Mayor Wayne Thomson (left)
Date  1998.
 
 
 
 

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Team Member  Bowles, Doug 
Team Member  Browne, C E 
Team Member  Butts, George 
Team Member  Campbell, Bill (Soup) 
Team Member  Carmichael, Harry 
Team Member  Crole, Pat 
Team Member  D'Amico, Al 
Team Member  Diamond, Sid 
Team Member  Gullion, Dick 
Team Member  Houck, W L 
Team Member  Lawrence, Len 
Team Member  Luciano, Al 
Team Member  Mottola, Guy 
Team Member  Plummer, Doug 
Team Member  Prior, Ben 
Team Member  Ross, Al 
Team Member  Russell, Charles 
Team Member  Sawdon, Harry 
Team Member  Sherar, Ed 
Team Member  Warga, Jack 
Team Member  White, Earl 
Team Member  Wiltshire, Herbert (Pops) 
 
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