Here is a link to the museum website and here is a link more about Tom Longboat click Alfred Shrubb and click the title above this post tell you about the assignment focus.
On my assignment, I have to play this Mystery History Maker game which is about, which Canadian historian is most likely to match up with you.
The famous historian that matched up with me is "Tomas (Tom) Longboat" (picture above)
He was a born on June 4th 1887-1949, and he was the world famous long-distance runner. In 1907 he smashed the Boston Marathon record by five minutes! In 1999, almost after 100 years of his run, he was named Canada's top athlete of the twentieth century by Maclean's magazine. His famous quote was "You've got to get out and run and stick through to the end to win".
- Yes, I was able to Identify my Historian with clues provided.
- The stuff I have in common with this historian, is that in our spare time we do sports, we're both fast in running (but he's way faster), both of our first language was our native (country) language and we both have one brother (except the fact he has two sisters as well).
- Tomas Longboat is significant to Canada as being one of the fastest and most athletic person in whole of Canada, by being crowned "twentieth century athlete by Maclean's magazine".
Some notes on Tom Longboat
- A school in Toronto is named after him.
- His faced appeared on a postage stamp in 2000.
- An athletic award in his name is given out each year.
- The annual Toronto Island 10-kilometre race is named after him.
- He had one brother and two sisters.
One more amazing note, was when his family didn't believe how fast he could run until the time he raced his brother. His brother drove a horse and a buggy with a half-hour head start, Tom still beat him!
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