TTM Success - Runner Sir Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Bannister is a former British athlete who on May 6 1954 became he first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes at the Ifley Road Track in Oxford. He later went on to become a distinguished neurologist.

"Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event nine, the one mile: first, number forty one, R. G. Bannister, Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which—subject to ratification—will be a new English Native, British National, All-Comers, European, British Empire and World Record. The time was three..."

The roar of the crowd drowned out the rest of the announcement. Bannister's time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.

He signed the photo I sent him and returned it in my SASE in 51 days.

Sir Roger Bannister
21 Bardwell Road
Oxford
OX2 6SV
UK

Please note: Sir Roger unfortunately passed away on March 3, 2018.