Colin Kemball

{{Short description|British marathon runner (1928–2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Colin Kemball | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = 18 January 1928 | birth_place = Wolverhampton, England | death_date = 7 April 2004 (aged 76) | death_place = Wolverhampton, England | sport = Athletics | event = marathon / cross country | club = Wolverhampton Harriers }} '''Colin Keith Kemball''' (1928–2004), was a male athlete who competed for England.

== Biography == Kemball was born in Wolverhampton, England and was a member of the Wolverhampton Harriers, with who he won the 15 miles Staffordshire road race title in 1957 and 1958.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000768/19580503/211/0010 |title=Kemball leads in Staffs. road title |work=Birmingham Mail |date=3 May 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>

Kemball became the British marathon champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1958 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he represented the England athletics team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19580629/024/0024 |title=Eldon Runs Six Miles At Cardiff |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |p=24 |date=29 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> in the marathon at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39240|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>

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