HERB ELLIOTT INTERVIEW - SOUND

(29 Sep 1958)
Herbert James Elliott comes out of his house and is surrounded by fans and autograph hunters. Various shots of the athletics event which made Herb Elliott famous. Running a mile in record time. Race was held in Dublin. Max Robertson interviews Elliott. He speaks about the race, his ambitions, the limits of endurance, levels of fitness, his training schedule, what he thinks about when he is running, the difference between amateur and professional athletes, middle distance runners, English sports writers and English coaching methods.
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[@bwingonwoger3354]

Thank you for posting. I thought I’d seen most of the footage from this period. What a fabulous young bloke he was, unaffected by success or fame. I had the pleasure of doing a 7 mile run with him one day during my own career in the early eighties. He was about forty and still fairly fit. Given all the drugs of the past thirty years he’s unquestionably the greatest of all time for me.

[@djangorheinhardt]

And me .I always put him at number one when people ask who the greatest miler in history was .He was the ultimate running machine.He retired at 22 years of age when " there were no more worlds to conquer .

[@davidhunter9367]

I was there! With my father - Santry Stadium, 1958. I can't believe it! Thanks a million for posting this.

[@ivansanders8459]

Highly intelligent and articulate. A pleasure to listen to.

[@Rabertuz]

Herb was just 20 in this interview. He seems remarkably measured and mature.

[@OlTrailDog]

Refreshing humbleness and candor.

[@colinbrigham8253]

Thanks for posting, interesting he never mentions percy wells cerutty , he considers all his replies and was inspirational to me and thousands of other club athletes, thanks again

[@michaelspino3377]

He does give percy credit elsewhere mike spino

[@user-bb7dq6wb5p]

中学生の時エリオットは憧れの人で彼のコーチの書いた本をすり減るほど読み練習に励んだものです。あれから５８年。スネルも旅立ち記録も随分向上しましたがあの時代であの記録は相対的にみてやはり最高だと思います。

[@dannyg9498]

Thank you very much for posting this!

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[@athleticscoach2012]

He really put the interviewer in his place when he asked about technique!

[@thomaselliott573]

He really put the interviewer back to realty hen he tried to create controversy over professionalism. Journalists always have this desire to promote themselves by sniping like dogs.

[@herbelliot]

the man

[@herbelliot]

the greatest ever

[@mathematics5573]

Herb Elliot, i reckon the mile word record will get down to 3.32 one day. Someone will do 4 laps in 53 someday. maybe even under 3.30. It is not so unrealistic. At one time 3.59 was considered impossible and now it is 3.43. But i am talking about 100 years from now

[@johnrussell2093]

No mention of Percy Cerutty. Tactics at the time?

[@typetersen8809]

Herb very seldom ran to "tactics". As he says in his book, The Golden Mile, you may have a general idea as to how you'd like to run the race, but as soon as the race starts, that can all go out the door! As for Percy Cerutty, Herb had nothing but the utmost respect for the man. Given the length of this interview, it appears that Herb had nowhere near the amount of time it would have required to speak of Percy Wells Cerutty and the training regimes at Portsea, Victoria. The Golden Mile with Alan Trengove is well worth a read.

[@andrewheath5948]

US track and field , once asked who is the best track athlete of all time .. guess who !