Bill Rodgers was an indomitable force on the U.S. and world road-racing scene. He is a four-time winner of both the New York City Marathon and the Boston Marathon, set many American records (several of which still stand), was the year’s top-ranked marathoner in the world three times and was a U.S. Olympian in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Marathon.
Bill was raised in Newington, CT, he started running on his high school’s cross country team.