Jack Dawson (long distance runner)

Dawson was from Bloomfield in East Belfast^[1] and broke the Northern Irish marathon record at the Northern Ireland AAA championships in 1955^[2] with a time of 3 hours, 38 minutes and 15 seconds.^[1] He was originally a member of the Willowfield Athletics Club and broke the Ulster marathon record while at the club.^[3] Later, he joined the Winnington Athletics Club in Northwich Cheshire, England, where he worked for Imperial Chemical Industries.^[1]

Dawson represented the 1958 Northern Irish Team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[4] participating in the one athletics event;^[5] the marathon.^[6]

In 1959, Dawson lived in Ash Road, Sandiway but left Winnington AC to join the Pembroke Harriers of Liverpool.^[7]