Jerome Drayton, 1976 Olympian and last Canadian man to win Boston Marathon in ’77, dies at 80

Jerome Drayton, 1976 Olympian and last Canadian man to win Boston Marathon in ’77, dies at 80

TORONTO (AP) — Jerome Drayton, who finished sixth at the Montreal Olympics, won the 1977 Boston Marathon and held the Canadian men’s marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80.

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