Booth is widely credited for inventing starting blocks for sprinting races, along with his father.
[1] When he first used his invention in a race, made from a T-bar and a block of wood cut in half, he was disqualified for life.
[2] At age 100, Booth gave a rare interview about his long and successful life.
[3] In 2006, the then 102-year-old wanted to run in a special Stawell Gift over-40s race, with the prize being a pig, but in the end he decided against it.
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