Norbert W. Sander Jr., Champion of New York Running, Dies at 74
Dr. Norbert Sander at the Armory Track and Field Center in 2008. He helped bring the Millrose Games to the facility. Credit...G . Paul Burnett/The New York Times By Ken Belson The New York Times - March 17, 2017 Dr. Norbert W. Sander Jr., the only runner from New York City to win its marathon and the driving force behind building one of the world’s premier indoor track facilities, in Upper Manhattan, died on Friday. He was 74. His death was confirmed by Cristyne Nicholas, whose public-relations firm represents the Armory Foundation, which Dr. Sander founded and where he was chief executive. Dr. Sander had a heart attack at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., and was taken to a Yonkers hospital, where he was pronounced dead, she said. An accomplished collegiate runner, Dr. Sander was part of a small but fervent group of New Yorkers who embraced distance running and road racing before the running boom of the 1970s. He won the New York City Marathon in 1974 — when it was run entire...