As the BU community comes together to root for University runners in Monday’s race-many who will be running in honor of, killed in last year’s bombings-we take a glimpse back at some of the Terriers who have stood out over more than a century of this beloved Boston event. A former BU track star and Olympian, he was the first of several Boston University alumni to play a key part in the history of the nation’s oldest annual marathon.
Lacking a pistol, Tom Burke simply shouted, “Go!”It was the first Boston Marathon, and Burke (LAW 1897) was the race’s first official starter-as well as its cofounder.
Twitter FacebookLike a Wild West gunslinger, he dragged his boot heel across the dirt road, making a line-18 men crouched behind it and waited for his signal.
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