Sydney Wooderson
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Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE, dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s.
Churchman cigarette card of Sydney Wooderson
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the fi
Sydney Wooderson
…just behind Arne Andersson of Sweden. Wooderson became the British 3 mile champion at the 1946 AAA Championships and shortly afterwards in Oslo at the 1946 European Athletics Championships, he won the 5,000 m in 14:08.6, the second-fastest time to that point. His versatility was demonstrated when he won the English National Cross Country…
Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway, 1948