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David George Bailey (March 17, 1945 – August 27, 2022) was a Canadian track and field athlete. He represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the men's 1.500 metres. He was the first Canadian to run the mile in less than 4 minutes (3:59.1) in San Diego, CA on June 11, 1966 and the first Canadian to the run the mile in less than 4 minutes in Canada (3:57.7) in Toronto on July 22, 1967. A resident of North York, Ontario he won the bronze medal in this event at the 1967 Pan American Games and the silver medal in this event at the 1967 World University Games He was two-time Canadian Universities Track and Field Athlete of Year (1965, 1967) and two-time inductee into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame (individually 1998 and team 2003). He was a member of 9 Canadian National Track and Field Teams competing at World University Games, Budapest 1965 and Tokyo 1967, Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica, 1966, Pan American Games, Winnipeg, 1967, Commonwealth vs USA, Los Angeles, 1967, Pre-Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1967, Soviet Union Tour, 1968, European Tour, 1968, Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1968.
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17 March 1945 Toronto, Ontario
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