Francis Martin (born 15 March 1924), also known as Frank Martin, was an

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and the 1946 winner of the

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in the men's 5000m. Competing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish track and field team, Martin won the 1944 NCAA Track and Field Championships in the

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. After transferring to the NYU Violets track and field team, he repeated as champion the following year and again in 1946.

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1924 births Year of death missing American male long-distance runners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's track and field athletes NYU Violets men's track and field athletes 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub