Clifford Stone (1906 – April 1969) was a middle- and long-distance runner from Newfoundland. He was born in Fogo, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland Colony. Stone was the winner of The Evening Telegram Ten-Mile Road Race each year from 1926 to 1932, and set a race record of 52:58 in 1929 which stood for forty years.[1]

Stone represented Newfoundland at the 1930 British Empire Games and held Newfoundland records for the half-mile, one-mile, five-mile and ten-mile distances. He was a member of the Newfoundland team that placed first in the Maritime competition on two occasions.[2][3]

Stone was denied a chance to compete in the Olympics as the Dominion of Newfoundland lacked a National Olympic Committee.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Andre Ryan (2002). The Tely 10: A History of Newfoundland's Premier Road Race, 1922-2000. Breakwater Books. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-55081-191-9.
  2. ↑ "Clifford Stone - Athlete". www.sportnl.ca. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Clifford Stone". www.nlaa.ca. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Archival Moments: Newfoundlanders at the Olympics". www.thetelegram.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.



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