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Brian Cecil Vernon Oddie (16 May 1905 – 7 August 1996) was a British long-distance runner who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Career

Oddie finished third behind Swede Bror Ohrn in the 4 miles event at the 1927 AAA Championships.

Oddie competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1928 Olympic Games. He also competed in the 3 mile race at the 1930 British Empire Games for England.

Oddie was also a civil servant at the time of the 1930 Games and lived in Luton.

References

1. "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Oddie Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
5. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
6. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.

External links

• Brian Oddie at Olympedia

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