About Theodore Vogel
Lived 1925 – 2019 (aged 94). Theodore Vogel was an American athletics competitor.
Theodore John Vogel (July 17, 1925 – September 27, 2019) was an American marathon runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, finishing in 14th place with a time of 2:45:27, about ten and a half minutes behind the winner. Studying at Tufts University in Massachusetts in the mid-1940s, he competed for the Tufts Jumbos followed by the B.A.A., winning national titles in the 10,000 meters and the marathon (1947) in the Yonkers Marathon. He qualified for the Olympic team after finishing second in the Boston Marathon in the spring of 1948 behind four-time winner Gérard Côté.
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Who was Theodore Vogel?
American athletics competitor
When was Theodore Vogel born?
Theodore Vogel was born on 17 July 1925 in Boston.
When did Theodore Vogel die?
Theodore Vogel died on 27 September 2019 in Dover.
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Theodore Vogel was an athletics competitor.
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Theodore Vogel was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Theodore Vogel. https://biography.guide/theodore-vogel/
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