Arthur Lydiard

Arthur Lydiard (left), having finished second to Gordon Bromley in the New Zealand Marathon Championships, March 1949.

Lydiard was a marathon runner and athletics coach, whose most notable trainees included national, Olympic and Commonwealth Games champions.

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The Olympics
Sport, 1940-1960

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Alexander Turnbull Library
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