Background
He was born in Corris, a village in Gwynedd and attended Oswestry Boys High School in Oswestry before studying at Loughborough College.
He was born in Corris, a village in Gwynedd and attended Oswestry Boys High School in Oswestry before studying at Loughborough College.
He competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase before co-founding the London Marathon and becoming active in sports promotion and administration. He set five British records in the steeplechase and four at two miles. He also set Welsh records at six different distances.
He also broke the record for the traverse of the Welsh 3000 foot peaks.
Disley"s job was teaching PE at Isleworth Grammar School in south-west London. Disley was one of the founders of the London Marathon, first held in 1981, after running the New York Marathon in 1979 and being very impressed by its success.
He was president of the London Marathon Charitable Trust. Disley became vice-chairman of the United Kingdom Sports Council in 1974, a post he held until 1982.
He was the leading pioneer of orienteering in the United Kingdom.
He was a member of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and was President of the Snowdonia Society.