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Bob Hall American wheelchair racer dead at age 74

Bob Hall

Bob Hall, an American wheelchair racer, died on April 12, 2026, at age 74.

Hall was an American wheelchair racer and wheelchair designer who competed in the 1975 Boston Marathon, becoming the first official Marathon wheelchair champion. He also placed first in the National Wheelchair Mile and National Wheelchair Marathon in 1974 and won the Toledo Marathon in Ohio.

Hall contracted polio as a child in 1952 and used a wheelchair throughout his life.

Bob Hall, 74, American wheelchair racer.

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