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Bobby Doyle Rembrance
Blog / Fundraiser

Posted December 24th, 2007 at 4:18 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

On the blog of Providence Journal sports reporter Carolyn Thornton, runners have been sharing their memories of the late Rhode Island marathoner, Bobby Doyle, who died earlier this month of a heart attack at 58 years old. You can read the posts, or add one of your own, at this link:

http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/running/

In addition, a fundraiser for Doyle’s children (he had three younger children from a second marriage: Brian, 15; Conor, 12; and Mackenzie, 6) will be held in February in Rhode Island, according to George McLaughlin who is organizing the event.
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Marathoner Bobby Doyle Dies of a Heart Attack

Posted December 14th, 2007 at 7:45 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

On the heels of launching a new road racing festival to be held next spring, the state of Rhode Island lost one of its best-ever marathon runners today, Bobby Doyle, who died of a heart attack, friends reported.

“This is heartbreaking,” wrote CVS Caremark Downtown 5-K race director, Charlie Breagy, in an e-mail message. “Terrible news for the Rhode Island running community.”

Doyle, a former All-American runner at Johnson & Wales University, was the winner of the first Ocean State Marathon in 1976, and went on to win the race six more times. He finished in the top-10 at the Boston Marathon three times, including a seventh place finish in 1979 in 2:14:04. Doyle also won the 1978 George Washington Birthday Marathon.
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