caption club birth_place weight height image_size olympics medaltemplates sport birth_date article_title
jim alder morpeth harriers , northumberland glasgow , scotland , uk 64 kg lb on 1.72 m ftin on 270px 1968 sport men 's athletics long-distance running 10 june 1940 jim alder

jim alder

james noel carroll `` jim '' alder mbe -lrb- born 10 june 1940 -rrb- is a british former distance runner , from morpeth .
alder , who was born in glasgow , was a foster child .
his mother died of tuberculosis and his father was killed on the last day of the world war ii .
he moved to morpeth , north of newcastle , and became interested in running .
