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Travel bac it k h us! in time o w rdArchives The Record Archives ec Follow @TheR d share your own an m ra ag on Inst photos using local vintage Archives #Record Bloomfield native Tom Fleming, who passed away in April, was a two-time New York City Marathon winner, and placed second twice in the Boston Marathon. As a coach at Montclair Kimberly Academy, he devoted himself to raising new generations of runners. Here, he exults at coming in first place in the 1975 NYC Marathon. The Oval at Brookdale Park has been renamed the Tom Fleming Athletic Complex in his honor. 112 BACK TO SCHOOL 2017 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE 1975