Lawrence Brignolia

Lawrence Brignolia (1876–?) is an American long-distance runner of Italian descent. He won the 1899 Boston Marathon.^[1]

References

↑ National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

Boston Men's Marathon Winners

1897: John McDermott (USA) 1898: Ronald MacDonald (CAN) 1899: Lawrence Brignolia (USA) 1900-1: Jack Caffery (CAN) 1902: Sammy Mellor (USA) 1903: John Lordan (USA) 1904: Michael Spring (USA) 1905: Frederick Lorz (USA) 1906: Tim Ford (USA) 1907: Thomas Longboat (CAN) 1908: Thomas Morrissey (USA) 1909: Henri Renaud (USA) 1910: Fred Cameron (CAN) 1911: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1912: Michael Ryan (USA) 1913: Fritz Carlson (USA) 1914: James Duffy (CAN) 1915: Édouard Fabre (CAN) 1916: Arthur Roth (USA) 1917: Bill Kennedy (USA) 1918: (Military Relay) 1919: Carl Linder (USA) 1920: Peter Trivoulides (USA) 1921: Frank Zuna (USA) 1922-4: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1925: Charles Mellor (USA) 1926: John C. Miles (CAN) 1927-8: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1929: John C. Miles (CAN) 1930: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1931: James Henigan (USA) 1932: Paul de Bruyn (GER) 1933: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1934: Dave Komonen (CAN) 1935: John A. Kelley (USA) 1936: Ellison Brown (USA) 1937: Walter Young (CAN) 1938: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1939: Ellison Brown (USA) 1940: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1941: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1942: Joe Smith (USA) 1943-4: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1945: John A. Kelley (USA) 1946: Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 1947: Suh Yun-bok (KOR) 1948: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1949: Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 1950: Ham Kee-yong (KOR) 1951: Shigeki Tanaka (JPN) 1952: Mateo Flores (GTM) 1953: Keizo Yamada (JPN) 1954: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) 1955: Hideo Hamamura (JPN) 1956: Antti Viskari (FIN) 1957: John J. Kelley (USA) 1958: Franjo Mihalić (YUG) 1959: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1960: Paavo Kotila (FIN) 1961-2: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1963-4: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) 1965: Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1966: Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 1967: Dave McKenzie (NZL) 1968: Amby Burfoot (USA) 1969: Yoshiaki Unetani (JPN) 1970: Ron Hill (GBR) 1971: Álvaro Mejía (COL) 1972: Olavi Suomalainen (FIN) 1973: Jon Anderson (USA) 1974: Neil Cusack (IRE) 1975: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1976: Jack Fultz (USA) 1977: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 1978-80: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1981: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1982: Alberto Salazar (USA) 1983: Greg Meyer (USA) 1984-5: Geoff Smith (GBR) 1986: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1988: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1989: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 1990: Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 1991-2: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1993-5: Cosmas Ndeti (KEN) 1996: Moses Tanui (KEN) 1997: Lameck Aguta (KEN) 1998: Moses Tanui (KEN) 1999: Joseph Chebet (KEN) 2000: Elijah Lagat (KEN) 2001: Lee Bong-ju (KOR) 2002: Rodgers Rop (KEN) 2003: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2004: Timothy Cherigat (KEN) 2005: Hailu Negussie (ETH) 2006-8: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2009: Deriba Merga (ETH) 2010: Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (KEN) 2011: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2012: Wesley Korir (KEN) 2013: Lelisa Desisa Benti (ETH) 2014: Meb Keflezighi (USA) 2015: Lelisa Desisa Benti (ETH)

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