martin mcgrady (april 20, 1946 in akron, ohio – april 29, 2006) was an american track and field athlete known primarily for running the now obsolete indoor 600 yard dash. before eamonn coghlan, mcgrady held the title of "chairman of the boards." sports illustrated said "martin mcgrady doesn't run the 600, he owns it." running standard olympic distances, mcgrady "barely earned a footnote" but at the imperial distance indoors, he was legendary. the race at the 1970 usa indoor track and field championships where he set the world record of 1:07.6 in the event is regarded as the best indoor race and the number 7 track and field competition of the 20th century. mcgrady's record stood for 22 years until it was finally beaten by mark everett.