Posted: Sun Apr 10, 05 7:49 am Post subject: The Englishman who Ran across America
Radio 4 Monday 20:00 The Englishman who Ran across America
In the week of the London Marathon, Mark Whitaker tells the story of a man who was perhaps Britain's best-ever distance runner, who's been forgotten because he was a professional at a time when athletics was dominated by an amateur elite.
His name was Peter Gavuzzi. He was the son of an immigrant Italian chef, and in 1928 and 1929 he took part in two of the most extraordinary foot races ever held - from one side of the American continent to the other.
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