How a letter and a wheelchair reshaped the Boston Marathon
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Fifty years ago, Bob Hall changed the course of marathon history with a simple letter and a modified hospital wheelchair.
In 1975, the 23-year-old, who had been diagnosed with polio as an infant, asked Boston Marathon race director Will Cloney if he could compete using a wheelchair. Though hesitant about officially registering him, Cloney offered Hall a challenge: finish in under three hours, and he'd receive a certificate.
"I said, I'm all set," recalls Hall, who completed the course in 2 hours and 58 minutes, becoming the first official wheelchair athlete in Boston Marathon history.
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