Hulatt was born in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, and after leaving school he joined the army but bought himself out.

[1] He worked as a miner at Williamthorpe Colliery and he would run five miles there and back each day.

[3] Hulatt was not interviewed after the race and he returned home with his brother[4] with a programme signed by Bannister, Chataway and Brasher.

[3] Hulatt suffered an Achilles tendon injury in 1960, and in his later years he did some coaching, but only ran at the annual Tibshelf Horticultural Show.

On the fiftieth anniversary of his run, a one mile stretch of the Five Pits Trail was designed as the 'Tom Hulatt Mile'[1] identified by two marker stones, with inscribed plaques, in coal measures sandstone donated by the National Trust.