theBreaker.news Podcast: Three-minutes and 58.8 seconds that changed Vancouver

March 11, 2018 • NaN
theBreaker.news Podcast: Three-minutes and 58.8 seconds that changed Vancouver
theBreaker.news Podcast
theBreaker.news Podcast: Three-minutes and 58.8 seconds that changed Vancouver

Mar 11 2018 | NaN

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Show Notes

On this edition, British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame curator and Vancouver 1954 British Empire Games book author Jason Beck discusses the legacy of the late Roger Bannister. Bannister died March 3 at age 88 after a battle with Parkinson's Disease. The 1954 Games put Vancouver on the map and Englishman Bannister's race with Australia's John Landy was a legendary moment in world sport and Canadian history. Beck tells host Bob Mackin that Bannister was much more than a runner and the Miracle Mile was more than a race.  What happened on Aug. 7, 1954 had ripple effects that last to this day on the West Coast of Canada. Enjoy this edition of theBreaker.news Podcast. If you missed any of the previous editions, click here. 

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