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May Meet Landy

... May Meet Landy Roger Bannister, Britain's leading miler. is likely to invited to tour Australia next January and February by the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association. If Bannister makes the trip he is sure to meet John Tandy. Australia's recordbreaking ...

Published: Thursday 04 June 1953
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 40 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Bannister Trophy

... Bannister Trophy Dr Roger Bannister whoso parents lived the Blackburn area before they moved to Harrow number of years ago. was presented at reception at the Hotel. London. to-day w.th the Silver Pears’ • ro* ‘m-. The trephv. an annual award. U made for ...

Published: Tuesday 28 September 1954
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 49 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Greatest Athlete

... performances which has made him the world greatest athlete of the season at the age of twenty-two. Also don't forget Roger Bannister ran the fastest mile of the year. ...

Published: Tuesday 13 October 1953
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 47 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Bannister Plan

... Bannister Plan . Dr Roger Bannister, descrying his win in the ISM metres said last night: •'Things turned out as I had planned. My main object was to avoid any trouble and I intended to keen clear of it. The Dane. Gunnar Nielsen, gave me a hard race. ...

Published: Monday 30 August 1954
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 48 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

May Run in (J.S

... May Run in (J.S. Britain's three great middle distance runners. Roger Bannister. Chris Chataway. and B;ll Nankcv.Ue. are almost certain to compete indoor athletic meetings in the United States the end February or early March. Mr Jack Crump. British team ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1953
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 53 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

aim dear

... aim clear @ GALA DAY: MAGIC MOMENT: Roger Bannister crosses the finish line to smash tne four minute barrier. for the mile 40 Huntly man fourth behind ron © ee a tee D> ge » wie wos sv se 3 A\ “a mY he Lo a ...

Published: Friday 06 May 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

Well Run, Roger! yUST m people will say in Uie tutnrc, “I •' saw Stanley Matthews,” some are new saying,

... Well Run, Roger! yUST m people will say in Uie tutnrc, “I •' saw Stanley Matthews,” some are new saying, with gratitude, “1 saw Roger Bannister run.” j-„r now Dr Bannister has said that he will not nut ißternatloaal athletics, his career comes first, ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1954
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 60 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

9.00 NEWS AND WEATHER

... FOUR-MINUTE MILE Part 2 of the dramatisation of the race to become the first man to break the four-minute mile. Tonight, Roger Bannister and John Landy face the prospect of running against each other for the first time, at the 1954 Empire Games. 10. SS WHEN ...

Published: Tuesday 13 September 1988
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

One-mile Heats

... One-mile Heats The world’s two greatest tr.ilers. John Landy. of Australia, and Roger Bannister, of England, will be seen in action here for the first time to They will run In the heats of the Empire Games mile, pro-’ bably only fast enough to qualify ...

Published: Thursday 05 August 1954
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

One-mile Heats

... One-mile Heats The world’s two greatest nr.ilers. John Landy, of Australia, and Roger Bannister, of England, will be seen action here for the first time to-day. They will run in the heats of the Empire Games mile, pro-’ bably only fast enough to qualify ...

Published: Thursday 05 August 1954
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

r}-TKe 4-mimite mile dub

... 4-mimite mile dub Mrs Roger Bannister tells me that her husband, in Melbourne for the Olympic Games, is forming a club for the ten men who have run the mile in four minutefT All ten are now in Melbourne. Swedishborn Moyra Bannister (27) lives in a London ...

Published: Friday 07 December 1956
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 66 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

ds smash

... ds smash all records Dr Roger Bannister, chairman of the Sports Council, was a keen spectator at the Open despite being “rather a disastrous golfer.” Or Bannister, the world's first four-minutetpiler, offered one excuse for his poor golf; didn’t start ...

Published: Saturday 13 July 1974
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 1 | Tags: none