Len Tongue
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | 17 January 1912[1] Newport, Wales |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance / cross-country |
| Club | Newport Harriers |
Leonard William Tongue (17 January 1912 – date of death unknown) was a Welsh athlete, who competed at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Tongue was a member of the Newport Harriers Athletics Club,[2] where his brother Harold Robinson Tongue was also a prominent athlete. Len won the 1933 Welsh junior cross-country championships.[3] At the 1934 Welsh national championships, held in Newport, he won the 3 miles title.[4]
He represented Wales at the 1934 British Empire Games[5] in one athletic event;[6] the 3 miles event.[7] In 1935 he retained his 3 miles Welsh national title.[8]
He suffered from a foot injury which forced him to race less and in October 1936 he gained an appointment in Glasgow with John Brown & Company.[9]
References
- ^ "Entry Information". Free BMD. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Athletics". Western Mail. 20 February 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Carefree batting by the M.C.C.". Daily Herald. 23 January 1933. p. 15. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Welsh Sprinter's Feat". Daily Mirror. 2 July 1934. p. 28. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Welsh Team". South Wales Daily Post. 3 July 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Empire Games". Leeds Mercury. 6 August 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Two New Welsh Records". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Len Tongue's New Post". Western Mail. 21 October 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.