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'''Bob Wallace''' (1951-2020) was a runner from [[Croydon, Victoria]], [[Australia]]. He was best known for running the marathon, with a PR of 2:13:14 in 1981.
==Running Career==
Wallace went to the [[University of Texas-El Paso]] where he was a distance runner for the track team under coach Ted Banks,<ref name="sullivan">"Sullivan, Mark", Boston Marathon 1982 Bob Wallace’s True Story (And Other Lies), June 17, 2019 Running Insight [https://www.runninginsight.com/community/boston-marathon-1982-bob-wallaces-true-story-and-other-lies]</ref> and was the [[Western Athletic Conference]] Champion in the 3 mile and [[steeplechase]] in 1974. That same year he was an [[NCAA All-American]] in the 6 mile.<ref name="Svoboda">Svoboda, Gary, Foreign Connection enters Lincoln Marathon May 4, 1980, Lincoln Journal Star, page 9D [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55880603/]</ref> After college, he moved back to Australia. He continued his career, running second in the Australian Olympic marathon trials in 1976, was the Australian national marathon champion in 1977 (2:20:11), and Victorian Marathon Club champion in 1978 (2:21:17).<ref name="Svoboda"/> He moved to [[Omaha, Nebraska]] in August 1978 with his wife, Gayle, who was to be a student there at the [[University of Nebraska]] School of Nursing.<ref name="Svoboda"/> In Omaha, he worked as an accountant and computer programmer. In 1980, he won the [[Dallas Marathon|White Rock Lake Marathon]] in Dallas (2:15:19) and the Lincoln Marathon (2:20:34).<ref name="back">Back to Australia, Lincoln Journal Star 1 Aug 1982, page 38 [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55882098/back-to-australia-lincoln-journal-star/]</ref> In June 1981 missed the [[Boston Marathon]] due to injury but he finished third in the [[Grandma's Marathon]] in [[Duluth]], Minnesota to [[Dick Beardsley]] and [[Garry Bjorklund]], where he ran his lifetime personal best of 2:13:14.<ref name="sullivan"/> In April 1982, Wallace came in ninth in the Boston Marathon (2:17:18), a race famously known as the [[Duel in the Sun]].<ref name="sullivan"/><ref name="back"/> Later that year he moved back to Australia and in July he again won the Australian Marathon Championship (2:16:02) in [[Brisbane]], being the first Australian across the finish line although he finished second to [[Fumiaki Abe]].<ref>Australian Marathon Championship 1982, Athletics Australia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091028184309/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/aust_marathon/marathon-1982.htm]</ref> October of that year he came in 10th in the [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]] (2:15:24).<ref>Men Marathon, The Age (Melbourne, Australia) 9 Oct 1982, page 28 [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55880765/men-marathon-the-age-melbourne/]</ref> For much of his career he was sponsored by [[Adidas]].<ref name="sullivan"/>
==Later Career==
He later moved to Dallas, Texas where he owned a running store, Run On. He also wrote a book, "Running Your Bucket List Marathon". He also later remarried, to Rebecca.<ref name="sullivan"/>
==References==
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Australian male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Australian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes]]
==Running Career==
Wallace went to the [[University of Texas-El Paso]] where he was a distance runner for the track team under coach Ted Banks,<ref name="sullivan">"Sullivan, Mark", Boston Marathon 1982 Bob Wallace’s True Story (And Other Lies), June 17, 2019 Running Insight [https://www.runninginsight.com/community/boston-marathon-1982-bob-wallaces-true-story-and-other-lies]</ref> and was the [[Western Athletic Conference]] Champion in the 3 mile and [[steeplechase]] in 1974. That same year he was an [[NCAA All-American]] in the 6 mile.<ref name="Svoboda">Svoboda, Gary, Foreign Connection enters Lincoln Marathon May 4, 1980, Lincoln Journal Star, page 9D [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55880603/]</ref> After college, he moved back to Australia. He continued his career, running second in the Australian Olympic marathon trials in 1976, was the Australian national marathon champion in 1977 (2:20:11), and Victorian Marathon Club champion in 1978 (2:21:17).<ref name="Svoboda"/> He moved to [[Omaha, Nebraska]] in August 1978 with his wife, Gayle, who was to be a student there at the [[University of Nebraska]] School of Nursing.<ref name="Svoboda"/> In Omaha, he worked as an accountant and computer programmer. In 1980, he won the [[Dallas Marathon|White Rock Lake Marathon]] in Dallas (2:15:19) and the Lincoln Marathon (2:20:34).<ref name="back">Back to Australia, Lincoln Journal Star 1 Aug 1982, page 38 [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55882098/back-to-australia-lincoln-journal-star/]</ref> In June 1981 missed the [[Boston Marathon]] due to injury but he finished third in the [[Grandma's Marathon]] in [[Duluth]], Minnesota to [[Dick Beardsley]] and [[Garry Bjorklund]], where he ran his lifetime personal best of 2:13:14.<ref name="sullivan"/> In April 1982, Wallace came in ninth in the Boston Marathon (2:17:18), a race famously known as the [[Duel in the Sun]].<ref name="sullivan"/><ref name="back"/> Later that year he moved back to Australia and in July he again won the Australian Marathon Championship (2:16:02) in [[Brisbane]], being the first Australian across the finish line although he finished second to [[Fumiaki Abe]].<ref>Australian Marathon Championship 1982, Athletics Australia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091028184309/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/aust_marathon/marathon-1982.htm]</ref> October of that year he came in 10th in the [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]] (2:15:24).<ref>Men Marathon, The Age (Melbourne, Australia) 9 Oct 1982, page 28 [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55880765/men-marathon-the-age-melbourne/]</ref> For much of his career he was sponsored by [[Adidas]].<ref name="sullivan"/>
==Later Career==
He later moved to Dallas, Texas where he owned a running store, Run On. He also wrote a book, "Running Your Bucket List Marathon". He also later remarried, to Rebecca.<ref name="sullivan"/>
==References==
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Australian male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Australian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes]]
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