# Colin Kemball

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{{Short description|British marathon runner (1928–2004)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name             = Colin Kemball
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| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = 18 January 1928 
| birth_place      = [Wolverhampton](/source/Wolverhampton), England
| death_date       = 7 April 2004 (aged 76)
| death_place      = Wolverhampton, England
| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_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](/source/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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_marathon) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1958 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1958_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)<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](/source/1958_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) in [Cardiff](/source/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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Category:1928 births
Category:2004 deaths
Category:English men marathon runners
Category:British men marathon runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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