Ray Vincent
one happy supporter on the right!

Raewyn Louttit
He is my cousin very proud of him ...

Kerry Keating
All four seaons thru the race. Dave told me after he got home the conditions were the worse he came across.

Margaret Elaine Sadler
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675058605_Boston-Marathon_wins-a-race_Dave-McKenzie_hug

Margaret Elaine Sadler
1967 Dave McKenzie wins the Boston Marathon
McKenzie won the prestigious race in a course record of 2:15:45 ahead of American Tom Laris and Yutaka Aoki of Japan. He was the first New Zealander to win the Boston Marathon.
A 24-year-old printer from the West Coast, McKenzie entered the race with form on his side, having won eight of his 10 marathons. Undeterred by the rain and cold that greeted the competitors on race day, McKenzie made his break on the challenging Newton Hills section of the course after he felt ‘something in me legs click like a gear. And all of a sudden I was off and away.’ The recent domination of the event by Japanese runners had been expected to continue and McKenzie’s victory forced ‘a desperate ruffling of pages’ before ‘the band came on strong with God Save the Queen’ (then accepted as New Zealand’s national anthem at major sporting events).
The Boston marathon is held annually on Patriots’ Day, the third Monday in April. First held in 1897 (inspired by the first modern-day marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics), it is the oldest marathon contested annually and regarded as one of the ‘five World Marathon Majors’.
McKenzie ran for New Zealand in consecutive summer Olympics but failed to repeat his heroics in Boston, finishing 37th in Mexico City in 1968 and 22nd four years later in Munich.

Beverley Hooper
On our rides up the Coast Road to Punikaiki we would frequently see him on his training runs.

Monica Harvey
Great man glad his win has not been forgotten

Clare McDonnell
My brother Cliff was a great friend of Ginger and often trained with him. He was a real nice guy!

Suzanne Mcgeady
Was?

Jack N Pat Manderson
Met with Dave about 18 months ago .He told me that he had both hips or knees replaced.It would have been because of that pounding and mileage running on the bitumen all those years ago.

Clare McDonnell
ok yes was!!! When he ran in the Olympics he said that they were not allowed out for a run to warm up... not good for him!

Kerry Keating
Brilliant run, still well remembered, and in his Greymouth singlet too.

Ray Vincent
one of the Coasts greatest sporting success!

Stace Kemp
Always saw him running the streets of Runanga when I was a kid.

William Albert Whitehead
One of nature's gentlemen.

Deb Broersma
Remember Dave running out on the coast road. Him and Eddie Gray? They certainly did some miles.

Carole Williams
I remember singing out to him as teenager " get a horse " and he went on to win the Boston Marothen. Of course I've grown up a lot since those days!!

Bazza Morland
"Mac The Knife"

Heather Newby
It was big news when he won the Boston marathon.

Raewyn Louttit
This is my cousin Dave ...

Roger Howell
Greymouth was a powerhouse of distance runners in those days. Cliff McDonnell, Dave McKenzie, Eddie Gray , Coleman Creagh, and the list goes on.

Clare McDonnell
Yes everyone was sure proud of Dave running in his Grey singlet.. I remember Dad and Cliff having a good laugh about it-very proud!! Yes you're right Roger about all the long distant runners in that time!

Kerry Keating
So right Roger. Dave in marathons, Eddie,multiple national cross country titles,Cliff broke many records in the Nelson relay,and Colemans big win in the New Brighton 50 miler.

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Lynnette Beirne
Great write up in todays press on Dave

Anne-Marie Dixon
Wonderful write up in todays press

Raewyn Louttit
Could someone please post the write up

Greeny Ty
Lance Mckenzie

William Albert Whitehead
Nice chap, Dave McKenzie.

Amon Greening
"The loneliness of the long distant runner.!! " yes dave makenzie & ol eddie gray certainly put some footsteps over the ol coast road.!!

William Albert Whitehead
Used to see both of them pounding the roads all over the Coast. Two fine ambassadors for Athletics.

Angela Peterson
You still see Ed pounding the road and leaving fellas a third of his age behind!