Bill Rodgers


Bill Rodgers winning the 1979 Boston Marathon in AR (See the video provided below). Photo taken from Running Past.




Seko and Rodgers



Rodgers during the last stages of the 1980 NYC Marathon




Leaders in the 1980 NYC Marathon. From Left: Rodolfo Gomez (Mex), Alberto Salazar (USA), Bill Rodgers
Dick Beardsley, 29¿? and Gerard Nijboer (Ned). Photo by Leo Kulinski Jr.




Photo by Leo Kulinski Jr.



During 1978 Boston Marathon, Jeff Wells came second by one of the closest margins ever
in the history of the Boston Marathon . The final results were:

  1. Bill H. Rodgers, Melrose, MA, GBTC 2:10:13
  2. Jeff Wells, Dallas, Texas, 2:10:15
  3. Esa Tikkanen, Finland, 2:11:15
  4. Jack Fultz, Franklin, PA 2:11:17
  5. "Randy" Thomas, Brighton, MA, 2:11:25
  6. Kevin Ryan, New Zealand, 2:11:43
  7. Don Kardong, Spokane, Washington, 2:14:07
  8. John Lodwick, Dallas, Texas, 2:14:12
  9. Yutaka Taketomi, Japan, 2:14:34
  10. Tom Fleming, Bloomfield, NJ, 2:14:44




Photo by Leo Kulinski Jr.



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