Albert Smoke (March 1894 – December 17, 1944) was a Canadian

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who competed in the

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at the

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. Smoke, a Mississauga Anishinaabe

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member, was born in 1894 and raised at Curve Lake. He was 4'10", and considered amongst the best long-distance runners of his era. He was the national marathon champion from 1920 to 1922, and finished in third place at the 1922

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. He later moved to

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, where he died in 1944 at the age of 53. He was inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in 1988.

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* 1894 births 1944 deaths Curve Lake First Nation people First Nations sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Canadian male long-distance runners Canadian male marathon runners Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Track and field athletes from Ontario 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub