RIP Sir Roger Bannister (Read 45 times)

Taken from the BBC :

"Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88.

His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured.

Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249

Oh, that's sad. His granddaughter goes to our church.