Bruce Kidd,OC (born July 26, 1943) is aCanadian academic, author, and athlete.
Born inOttawa,Ontario, he attendedMalvern Collegiate Institute[1] before becoming a member of theUniversity of Toronto track and field team. He won 18 national senior championships in Canada, the United States, and Britain. He won a gold (in the6 Miles event) and bronze medal (in the3 Miles event) at the1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and was a member of the Canadian1964 Summer Olympics team (competing in theMen's 5000 metres,Men's 10000 metres and scheduled to start in theMen's marathon). His personal bests included a time of 2:20:18 to win the Peach Bowl Marathon in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 28, 1974, and an indoor best for two miles 8:39.0 in Wembley, England, on March 30, 1964. On outdoor tracks, he had times of 8:38.2, two months later in Modesto, California. For five kilometres, he ran 13:43.8, in Compton, California, when he was only eighteen years old, and 29:46.4 for ten kilometres in 1974 inWinnipeg, Manitoba.[2] A short documentary film about him, entitledRunner, was produced and directed byDon Owen and narrated byW. H. Auden.[3]
He received hisBachelor of Arts in Political Economy in 1965 from the University of Toronto and aMaster of Arts in Adult Education in 1968 from theUniversity of Chicago. He also received a Master of Arts in history in 1980 and a Ph.D. in history in 1990 fromYork University.[4] Kidd has an honorary doctor of laws fromDalhousie University.[5] In 1970, he joined the University of Toronto as a lecturer. He was appointed an assistant professor in 1973 and an associate professor in 1979. In 1991, he was appointed a professor. He was formerly director of the School of Physical and Health Education and acting director of the Department of Athletics and Recreation. He is a professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and the Warden ofHart House at the University of Toronto. On February 27, 2014, Kidd was named to become the interim vice president and principal forUniversity of Toronto Scarborough.[4] Subsequently, in December 2014, he was appointed as the tenth principal of University of Toronto Scarborough.[6]
Bruce Kidd, at Convocation Hall for the UTM 2023 Graduation
1988 – inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame.
1994 – inducted into theCanadian Olympic Hall of Fame as a builder. (Kidd is the only person to have been twice elected to this hall of fame).
2004 – made an Officer of theOrder of Canada for having "devoted his life to eradicating sexism and racism in sporting communities around the world".[1]
Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925–27 and from 1929–31 it was over 6 miles.
* Events before 1906 are considered unofficial. Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931) and odd numbered years since 2015, 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986), and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014
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