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Jim Alder
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| Born | 10 June 1940 Glasgow, Scotland, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Morpeth Harriers, Northumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Noel Carroll Alder MBE (born 10 June 1940) is a British former distance runner.
Alder, who was born in Glasgow,[1] was a foster child. His mother died of tuberculosis and his father was killed on the last day of World War II.[2] He moved to Morpeth, north of Newcastle, and became interested in running.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SRwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Archive: Jim Alder, Herald Scotland; retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Turnbull, Simon (5 September 2010). Geronimo Jim's a gem, The Independent; retrieved 8 June 2017.
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