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Biography: Lydiard, Arthur Leslie

Links and sources

Websites

Arthur Lydiard Foundation

A non-profit organisation devoted to Arthur Lydiard’s system of training.

Bibliography

Gilmour, Garth. A clean pair of heels: the Murray Halberg story. Wellington: A. H. & A.W. Reed, 1963.

Gilmour, Garth. Run for your life: jogging with Arthur Lydiard. Auckland: Minerva, 1965.

Lydiard, Arthur, and Garth Gilmour. Run to the top. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1962.

Lydiard, Arthur, and Garth Gilmour. Running with Lydiard. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983.

Romanos, Joseph. Arthur’s boys: the golden era of New Zealand athletics. Auckland: Moa Beckett, 1994.

Snell, Peter, and Garth Gilmour. No bugles, no drums. Auckland: Minerva, 1965.

How to cite this page

David Green. 'Lydiard, Arthur Leslie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/137810/sources (accessed 5 June 2026).