Frank Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American distance runner and winner of the marathon race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Born in Munich, Germany, where his father, physician Samuel Shorter, served in the army, Frank Shorter grew up in Middletown, New York and graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School, Yale University, and the University of Florida College of Law.
Shorter first achieved fame by winning the 1969 NCAA 10,000 meter title...
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Frank Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American distance runner and winner of the marathon race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Born in Munich, Germany, where his father, physician Samuel Shorter, served in the army, Frank Shorter grew up in Middletown, New York and graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School, Yale University, and the University of Florida College of Law.
Shorter first achieved fame by winning the 1969 NCAA 10,000 meter title in his senior year at Yale. He won his first U.S. national titles in 1970 in the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events. He also was the U.S. national 10,000 meter champion in 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1977.
Upon graduation from Yale, Shorter chose to pursue a law degree at the University of Florida in Gainesville because of the excellence of the environment and the opportunity to train with Jack Bachelor as members of the Florida Track Club (FTC). The FTC's core nucleus of Frank, Jack and Jeff Galloway qualified for the 1972 Olympics and their...
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