Joe Keeper  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search  Joseph Benjamin Keeper (January 17, 1886 -
September 29, 1971) was a Canadian long distance runner, and a
member of the 1912 Canadian Olympic team.  Keeper, a member of
the Norway House Cree First Nation, was born at Walker Lake,
Manitoba. He was sent to Brandon for schooling at the Brandon
Indian Residential School, and it was while there, at high
school, that he showed an enthusiasm for long distance running.
In 1910, Keeper moved to Winnipeg, where he joined the North End
Amateur Athletic Club. The following year he set a Canadian
record for the ten mile run.  In 1912, he was selected to the
Canadian Olympic team, and participated at the 1912 Summer
Olympics at Stockholm, Sweden. He raced in the 5000 metre run
and in the 10,000 metre run, where he finished fourth, the best
result ever for a Canadian runner in that event.  In 1916,
Keeper joined the Army, and served for two years in France. He
received a Military Medal for his a