Leonard Graves "Buddy" Edelen was an American marathoner. Based in England for most of his prime competitive years, in 1963 Edelen became the first man to run a marathon faster than 2 hours and 15 minutes when he set a world record of 2:14:28. Edelen also won the 1964 U.S. Olympic marathon trials at Yonkers and represented the U.S. in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Leonard Edelen (United States) set the men's marathon world record of 2:14:28 in Polytechnic Marathon on June 15, 1963. It stood 21 days, until Brian Kilby's 2:14:43 on July 6, 1963. Wiki link