Les Wade

Leslie Wichbold Wade was a Canadian middle-distance runner, who was Canada's national record holder in the mile run and 3000 metres during the early 1930s. Wade further was a Canadian competitor for the Athletics at the [1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 metres] at the 1932 [Summer Olympics].
In 1933, Wade set the Native Canadian record for the mile run at 4:22.8. Wade set Canada's 3000-metre record in 1935, shaving 11 seconds off Canadian runner Mervyn Gale's record and lowering it to 8 minutes and 59.6 seconds.
Wade died in Ithaca, New York in 1971, aged 71.