Ron Daws

Ron Daws (June 21, 1937 – July 28, 1992) was a runner and 1968 Summer Olympics men's marathon athlete.^{[1] [2]} Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he also competed at the 1967 Pan-American Games marathon^[3] and finished first in the National AAU Marathon also in 1967^{[3] [4]} on June 11.^[5]

Daws was a friend of Steve Hoag and Jim Berka. The three often finished 1-2-3 in Minnesota races. He was married to Lorraine Moller ^{[6] [7]} in the 1980s, who he later divorced.^[8]

In 1984, Daws appeared on The Mary Hanson Show (named after his wife, Mary Hanson, whom he married in October 1991). Daws died of a heart attack in 1992.^[9]

In honor of his death, in 1993, the Minnesota Distance Running Association Ron Daws 25K in Minneapolis was renamed after him.^[10]

• Self-Made Olympian, Anderson World, 1977, ISBN 978-0-89037-103-9
• "Marathon Training" (article), Marathoner , Spring 1978^[11]
• Running Your Best: The Committed Runner's Guide to Training and Racing, Stephen Greene Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-8289-0559-6

• Ron Daws, The Souhrada Family Website, retrieved 20 April 2010

• 1938 births
• 1992 deaths
• Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• American male marathon runners
• American male long-distance runners
• Minnesota Golden Gophers men's cross country runners
• Minnesota Golden Gophers men's track and field athletes
• Track and field athletes from Minnesota
• Track and field athletes from Minneapolis
• 20th-century American writers
• 20th-century American male writers
• Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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