- On more than one occasion as a TV newscaster only his physical fitness got the news out on time. The studio was on the eighth floor, but the newsroom was on the second, and the lift between the two was extremely unreliable.
- Champion athlete who went on to be ITV's first in-vision newsreader, before taking up a career in politics.
- Became a Conservative Party MP, and in the 1970s, a junior minister.
- Ran, with Christopher Brasher, as a pacer when Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile.
- After his national service, he took an honors degree in politics, philosophy and economics. He was president of the University Athletic Club at Magdalen College, Oxford.
- In 1954 he set a new world record in the 5,000m (13 minutes 51.6 seconds).
- He was selected the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1954.
- He ran a half marathon (just over 13 miles) in one hour, 38 minutes, 50 seconds at the age of 75.
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