Ellison "Tarzan" Myers Brown got off to a fast start in the 1936 Boston Marathon until John Kelley caught him on a hill at the 20-mile mark. Kelley overtook him at the last of the Newton hills ...

Ellison M. "Tarzan" Brown, a 22-year-old a member of Rhode Island's Narragansett tribe, breaks the tape to win the 1936 Boston Marathon. (File photo/AP) Ellison 'Tarzan' Brown was a two-time ...

Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, a Native American from Rhode Island, won the Boston Marathon in 1936 and 1939. The name "Heartbreak Hill" comes from the 1936 Boston Marathon when Brown overtook Johnny ...

AP Images The full story of Ellison “Tarzan” Brown is more complicated, though, laced with its own pathos and heartbreak. Now, a half-century after Tarzan suffered a wrenching death in 1975 ...

One of the leaders, Ellison “Tarzan ... by John Noch and Bill Linley and for the next three miles the trio ran neck-to- neck. Running on East Center Street, heading for the center, Brown ...

John Torgan, state director of the ⁦@TNC_RI⁩, speaks during dedication ceremony for a 3-mile trail loop in the Carter Preserve named for Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, the Narragansett Indian who won ...

A dedicated group of volunteers is working to build a fitting memorial to Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, the only indigenous North American to win the Boston Marathon ...

A three-mile loop trail in Rhode Island will honor Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, a two-time Boston Marathon ... According to the Globe’s report, John Torgan, state director of the Nature ...

But Rhode Island has never erected a statue or bestowed a similar honor on Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, the Rhode Island-born Narragansett Indian whose impressive running career featured two Boston ...

WESTERLY, R.I. — With this year’s Boston Marathon set for Monday, a group of local runners and family members is raising money for a bronze statue of Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, the ...

The Boston Athletic Association honored 1936 Boston Marathon winner Ellison ‘Tarzan’ Brown. Brown’s family shared memories of the runner and explained how they channel his strength.