Tony Dunbar
Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 14th, 2013
Tony has been a competitive runner most of his adult life. He had finished at least 15 marathons as of induction day in 1981; he ran a 3:29 marathon and was still running times close to that 30 years later.
Tony was Club President of the Brockville Roadrunners from 2000 to 2008, Club Representative on the California Run Committee for 5 years and race Director for the Thousand Islands Parkway 5K and half marathon from 1997 to 2010. He also developed the club’s website in 2003 and continues as webmaster.
Tony was the founder of the Parke-Davis Soccer Team in 1977 and a player-coach for several years. He also served on the Brockville and District Soccer Association Executive and was President for a number of years. As an age category runner, Tony in 2010 finished 1st in the Utica Boilermaker 15K and 3rd in the Florence, Italy Marathon. In the Toronto Marathon, he was 1st in 2011 and 2nd in 2012. In 2013, he was 1st in the Toronto Half Marathon and in the Kingston 8K.
