Eldridge ‘Gus’ Eatman isn’t a well known title in Canada, but it surely will have to be. A century in the past, Eatman used to be thought to be some of the quickest males on the earth. He used to be a more than one international record-holder and international champion. He used to be additionally a soldier, all at a time when Black Canadians weren’t allowed to compete in novice athletics or enlist within the military.
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Eatman’s tale have been in large part forgotten all the way through the second one part of the 20 th century. However his legacy is in any case being known, due to relative who unearthed his tale and introduced a challenge to percentage it with the arena.
