Albert Smoke | |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Sport: | Long-distance running |
Event: | Marathon |
Birth Date: | March 1894 |
Birth Place: | Smith Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Death Date: | December 17, 1944 |
Death Place: | Lindsay, Ontario, Canada |
Albert Smoke (March 1894 - December 17, 1944) was a Canadian long-distance runner[1] who competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2]
Smoke, a Mississauga Anishinaabe First Nations member, was born in 1894 and raised at Curve Lake.[3] He was 4'10",[4] and considered amongst the best long-distance runners of his era.[3] He was the national marathon champion from 1920 to 1922,[3] and finished in third place at the 1922 Boston Marathon.[5] He later moved to Lindsay, Ontario, where he died in 1944 at the age of 53.[3] He was inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in 1988.[3]