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    Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (10 February 1931 – 7 December 1991) was an English long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at...
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  • (disambiguation) Gordon Pirie (1931-1991), English long-distance runner and orienteerer Harvey Pirie (1878-1965), Scottish bacteriologist Irene Pirie (1914–1998)...
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  • Yugoslavia 13:40.6  Sandor Iharos (HUN) 1955-10-23 Budapest, Hungary 13:36.8  Gordon Pirie (GBR) 1956-06-19 Bergen, Norway 13:35.0  Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1957-10-13...
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  • Gordon Pirie Lawson (15 September 1899 – 13 September 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Timaru Main School and then Timaru...
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  • time—searching for them in his own British car (the only Austin Maxi in Iran)—and Gordon Pirie—following in the embassy's Land Rover—found the Americans and first sheltered...
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    Only Gordon Pirie was able to maintain contact as Kuts pushed the pace. Then at the conclusion of 12 laps, Kuts swung wide to let Pirie go by. Pirie obliged...
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    Almanac". London Councils. Retrieved 4 July 2022. "Group Captain Sir Gordon Pirie". The Telegraph. 14 August 2003. Retrieved 30 April 2024. Power, Lynn...
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    Olympics in Melbourne. His chief opponent in the 5000 m was British runner Gordon Pirie, who had broken the world record earlier that year. However, Kuts had...
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    (3): 274–277. doi:10.1017/s0373463300048244. S2CID 131050298. Robert Gordon Pirie (1996). Oceanography: Contemporary Readings in Ocean Sciences. Oxford...
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    Herbert Schade  Germany 1956 Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Gordon Pirie  Great Britain Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray...
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    Sweden 7:55.6  Sándor Iharos (HUN) 1955-05-14 Budapest, Hungary 7:55.6  Gordon Pirie (ENG) 1956-06-22 Trondheim, Norway 7:52.8 1956-09-04 Malmö, Sweden 7:49...
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  • in Rhodesian sport when he beat the famous British four minute miler, Gordon Pirie, by 100 yards in a three-mile race at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in...
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    Herbert Schade  Germany 1956 Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Gordon Pirie  Great Britain Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray...
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  • 2017". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2017. Pirie, Mark (2 August 2017). "Director of football Gordon Dalziel hopes for appointment at Airdrie amid...
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    international athletes he had befriended at competitions. His British rival Gordon Pirie described his as "the merriest and gayest home I've been in". Emil and...
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  • Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501. Parnell, Susan and Gordon Pirie (1991) Johannesburg. In Anthony Lemon (eds) Homes apart: South Africa’s...
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    3:42.0 5000 metres details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union 13:39.6 (OR) Gordon Pirie  Great Britain 13:50.6 Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 13:54.4 10,000 metres...
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  • Lady Cumming Gordon spread rumours of these allegations. Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods denied the allegations and sued Lady Cumming Gordon for £10,000...
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  • Sporting positions Preceded by Gordon Pirie BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1956 Succeeded by Dai Rees...
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    John Gordon Elsworthy 1955–1956 Patrick Stirling 2 terms 1957 Sir Charles Norton 1958 David Neville Cobbold Lawyer 1959 Group Captain Gordon Pirie 1960...
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     Roger Bannister (ENG) Athletics  Pat Smythe (ENG) Show jumping 2nd 1955  Gordon Pirie (ENG) Athletics No record — No record — 3rd 1956  Jim Laker (ENG) Cricket...
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  • City Council election: Wilton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Gordon Pirie 488 Liberal J. Atkinson 36 Labour R. Allan 22 Turnout 548 21.8 Conservative...
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  • hdl:10419/54074. ISSN 1874-6330. S2CID 154026546. Parnell, Susan and Gordon Pirie (1991) Johannesburg. In Anthony Lemon (eds) Homes apart: South Africa's...
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  • Dame Judith Hart, politician, first woman Paymaster General (born 1924) Gordon Pirie, long-distance runner (born 1931) 12 December – Ronnie Ross, jazz saxophonist...
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    leading milers, including Paavo Nurmi, Sydney Wooderson, John Landy, Gordon Pirie, and Roger Bannister. The race has been won by eleven Olympic champions...
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  • long, however. The 5000 m record was broken again on 19 June 1956 by Gordon Pirie, and this time he wasn't able to reclaim it. The 1500 m record was first...
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  • Andrew Osagie, Olympic 800 metres athlete Emma Paton, sports journalist Gordon Pirie, athlete Pete Postlethwaite, actor Les Reed, football coach Rebecca Romero...
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    Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Gordon Pirie  Great Britain Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain...
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  • 1953. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Gallant Pirie bid fails". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 12 July 1953. Retrieved 15 July 2024...
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    Old Coulsdon Hash House Harriers (or "OCH3") is a local hashing group. Gordon Pirie (1931–1991), an English long-distance runner lived in Coulsdon and was...
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