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Roger Bannister to retire •

... Roger Bannister to retire • Roger Bannister. the first man to run the mile in under four minutes. is retiring from international athletics. He said list night that he now had a resident hospital appointment, and it would be impossible to combine competitive ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1954
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EASY FOR ROGER BANNISTER

... EASY FOR ROGER BANNISTER Frans Sunday Dlauatah Carrapandent D 00ER BANNISTER looked Las right back to form when he won the 1.600 metres for Britain in the match with Prance which opened yeste=at the Colenibes 12 . Britain lead in both men's and women's ...

Published: Sunday 24 August 1952
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 380 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ROGER BANNISTER SWITZERLAND

... ROGER BANNISTER SWITZERLAND DR. Roger Bannister, the 26-year-old Briton who was the first man to run a mile in under four minu was married in Basle to to Miss Moyra Elver Ja son, a 26-year-old dark-haired Swedish artist. The wedding ceremony in Basle's ...

Sir Roger Bannister

... Sir Roger Bannister. More exercise was also essential to reduce the toll from heart disease. There is now no respectable argument against the view that exercise reduces the risk of heart disease. Sir Roger said his vision of fitter schoolchildren growing ...

Published: Friday 23 September 1994
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 81 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

ROGER BANNISTER TENNIS

... ROGER BANNISTER TENNIS Pairings For Davis Cup ']' HE draw for the second round of the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and Brazil at Eastbourne, starting to-morrow, was made to-day. It is: To-morrow—A. J Mottram (G.B.t v. V. R Palkenburg (Brazil): ...

* What ROGER BANNISTER

... * What ROGER BANNISTER THOUGHT OF THE 1952 OLYMPICS. . . SEE TONIGHT'S evening TELEGRAPH and POST ...

Published: Monday 31 October 1955
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 17 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

KNIGHTHOOD FOR ROGER BANNISTER

... KNIGHTHOOD FOR ROGER BANNISTER DR. ROGER Bannister, the former Harrow athlete who ran himself into the history books by being the first to break the fourminute mile, has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. Dr. Bannister, who has just ...

Published: Tuesday 07 January 1975
Newspaper: Harrow Observer
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 219 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SPOTLIGHT ON ROGER BANNISTER

... POTLIGHT ROGER RBANNIS OGER BANNISTER, the Oxford m ler, has withdrawn from the a team to compete in the Empire Games in New Zealand in February because he he has to sit for important University examinations. Tom White (Lincoln Wellington), former A.A ...

Published: Monday 03 October 1949
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

but no record—for Roger Bannister

... but no record—for Roger Bannister lap in 6aec.—eas:ly the fasted cf the race It was the th:rd fastest milt in B:itam th:s year Bert Hawkins. of Middlesex. ga‘e his county a good start in the Inletcounty champ;onshlps by winning the seven miles walk in ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1953
Newspaper: Sports Argus
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 334 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

My story by Roger Bannister

... story by Roger Bannister ROGER BANNISTER. the Brit man in the world to run the four-minute mile. will tell his life story in a new series to begin in next Mondays Daily Post. In these extracts from his new book First Four Minutes ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1956
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 547 | Page: 8 | Tags: none