page_title: Cliff Young (athlete)
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Cliff Young (athlete) / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque for a memorial in the form of a big gumboot for Cliff Young at Beech Forest, Victoria
context_page_description: Albert Ernest Clifford Young OAM was an Australian potato farmer and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria. He was best known for his unexpected win of the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1983 at 61 years of age.
context_section_description: Young was a vegetarian from 1973 until his death. He lived at the family home with his mother and brother Sid. Young had remained single throughout his life, but after the 1983 race, at 62 years of age, he married 23-year-old Mary Howell. The race sponsor, Westfield, hosted the wedding for the entertainment of shoppers. Young and Howell divorced five years later. Renowned for his ungainly running style, Young ran more than 20,000 kilometres during his competitive career. After five years of illness and several strokes, he died of cancer at the age of 81 on 2 November 2003 at his home in Queensland.
  A memorial in the shape of a gumboot in Beech Forest is dedicated to Young and the Cliff Young Drive and Cliff Young Park there are named after him.
caption: Cliff Young memorial plaque
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