Thomas John Lesley Miles (17 November 1905 – 9 October 1961) was an Australian professional athlete/sprinter, whose running career really took off in the mid to late 1920's.
Miles, the "Bundeburg Flyer" won the 1927 Victorian Stawell Gift sprint race[1][2][3] and the 1928 World Champion[4] by defeating then reigning champion, Tim Banner.
[5] Miles was born in Bundaberg, the son of James Miles (1878-1940) and Grace Merrifield Nicholson (1885-1943).
He attended Bundaberg South State School from 1911.
Miles died after being struck by a car in Brisbane in 1961.