In 1951 the Tom Longboat Awards were instituted by Jan Eisenhardt. This program, administered since 1999 by the Aboriginal Sport Circle, annually honours outstanding First Nations athletes and sportsmen in each province of Canada; national male and female winners are selected from the provincial winners.
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Tom Longboat was born on June 4, 1887.
Tom Longboat died of pneumonia on January 9, 1949.
Tom Longboat, winner of the 1907 Boston Marathon.
While Longboat won several lesser races during his career, he won the Boston Marathon (the biggest race at the time) only once. Despite only owning one victory, he set a course record with his win, a record that would stand for four years.
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