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Al Lawrence (distance runner)

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Al Lawrence

Personal information

Full name

Allan Cleave Evan Lawrence

Born

30 July 1930
Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia

Died

15 May 2017 (aged 86)
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Height

5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

Weight

134 lb (61 kg)

Medal record[hide]

Men's Athletics
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	10000 metres

Allan Cleave Lawrence (9 July 1930 – 15 May 2017) was an Australian long distance runner. He was a bronze medal for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[1]
Lawrence was born in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl. He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal, clocking 28:53 (nearly 30 seconds faster than he had ever run before).^[2] He also qualified for the 5,000 metre final, but did not compete due to a strained leg muscle.^[3]
Two years later, he came to the University of Houston to run for the Cougars. In 1959-60, he captured consecutive NCAA cross-country titles and followed each with an AAU XC win.^[4] In 1960, he set a world indoor two-mile record with 8:46. Six days later, he won the AAU three-mile with another world record of 13:26.
At the 1960 Olympic games in Rome, he placed fourth in the 5,000 metre heats, did not finish the 10,000 metres and placed a disappointing 54th in the marathon in 2:37.^[2]
During his career, he broke over 10 Australian records from 2 miles to 10,000m and was the first Australian to break 14 minutes for 5000m and 30 and 29 minutes for 10,000m.
Lawrence returned to America where he became an American citizen in the early 1980s. He formed the Al Lawrence Running Club in Houston, which remains strong today.

References[edit]

Jump up ^ "Allan Lawrence 1930 - 2017". Australian Olympic Committee. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Allan Lawrence Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Lawrence Not to Run in 5000 Final". Google News. The Age. 18 November 1956. p. 11. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Jump up ^ Brown, Gwilym (5 December 1960). "A Double Double For Allen". Sports Illustrated Vault. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

External links[edit]

Al Lawrence Running Club

[hide] v t e US National Championship winners in men's 10,000-meter run

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876–79: Not held

1879–1888 NAAAA	1880: James Gifford 1881: W.C. Davies 1882–83: Tom Delaney 1884: Geo. Stonebridge 1885: Peter Skillman 1886–87: Edward Carter 1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff 1892–93: William Day 1894: Charles Bean 1899: Alex Grant 1900: Arthur Newton 1901: Frank Kanahy 1902: Alex Grant 1903: Not held 1904: John Joyce 1905: Frank Verner 1906: Wm. Nelson 1907: John Daly 1908: Fred Bellars 1909: Harry McLean 1910: William Kramer 1911: George Bonhag 1912: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Harry Smith 1913: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Joie Ray 1914: Ville Kyrönen (FIN) * H.E. Weeks 1915: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Oliver Millard 1916: Joie Ray 1917–19: Charles Pores 1920^OT: Not held 1921–23: Earle Johnson 1924: Ilmar Prim 1925: George Lermond 1926: Phillip Osif 1927: Willie Ritola (FIN) * Russell Payne 1928^OT: Joie Ray 1929-31: Lou Gregory 1932^OT: Tom Ottey 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Eino Pentti 1935: Tom Ottey 1936: Don Lash 1937–38: Eino Pentti 1939: Lou Gregory 1940: Don Lash 1941: Lou Gregory 1942: Joe McCluskey 1943: Lou Gregory 1944: Norm Bright 1945: Ted Vogel 1946–48: Edward O'Toole 1949: Fred Wilt 1950: Horace Ashenfelter 1951–54: Curt Stone 1955: Dick Hart 1956: Max Truex 1957: Doug Kyle 1958: John Macy 1959: 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) * Max Truex 1961: John Gutknecht 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * Peter McArdle 1963–64: Peter McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Tracy Smith 1967: Van Nelson 1968: Tracy Smith 1969–70: Jack Bacheler 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Greg Fredericks 1973: Gordon Minty (GBR) * Ted Castaneda 1974–75: Frank Shorter 1976: Ed Leddy 1977: Frank Shorter 1978–79: Craig Virgin 1980: Rodolfo Gomez Garry Bjorklund

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Alberto Salazar 1982: Craig Virgin 1983: Alberto Salazar 1984: Jon Sinclair 1985: Bruce Bickford 1986–87: Gerard Donakowski 1988: Steve Taylor 1989: Pat Porter 1990: Steve Plasencia 1991: Shannon Butler 1992^OT: Todd Williams

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Todd Williams 1994: Tom Ansberry 1995–96: Todd Williams 1997: Michael Mykytok 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Alan Culpepper 2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi 2001: Abdi Abdirahman 2002: Meb Keflezighi 2003: Alan Culpepper 2004: Meb Keflezighi 2005: Abdi Abdirahman 2006: Jorge Torres 2007–08: Abdi Abdirahman 2009–16: Galen Rupp

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925–27 and from 1929–31 it was over 6 miles.