Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.

Few people have ever exercised such absolute authority in any branch of sport as Elliott did in middle distance running from 1957 to 1961. Herb Elliott has been ranked in Western Australia's 100 most influential people. "


University education
After winning in Rome in 1960 he started a degree course at the University of Cambridge England.

Herbert James "Herb" Elliott AC MBE (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete one of the world's greatest middle distance runners. 6. During that span he never lost a 1500 metres or 1-mile race.