Sydney Wooderson MBE
(1914-2006)
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, athlete, middle-distance runner, and world mile record holder (1937-1942)
Died aged c. 92
Wikidata WikipediaSydney Charles Wooderson MBE (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s. He set the world mile record of 4:06.4 at London’s Motspur Park on 28 August 1937. This record stood for nearly five years.
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