Sydney Wooderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sydney Wooderson

British middle distance runner

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1914

Place of Birth: Camberwell, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Dec-2006

Profession: long-distance runner, middle-distance runner

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s. He set the world mile record of 4:06.4 at London’s Motspur Park on 28 August 1937.
This record stood for nearly five years.