Furlong the fundamental unit of land measurement. A furlong was forty rods, an acre four by 40 rods, or four rods by one furlong, and thus 160 square rods. At the time, the Saxons used the North German foot, which was 10 percent longer than the foot of today. When England changed to the shorter foot in the late 13th century, rods and furlongs remained unchanged, since property boundaries were already defined in rods and furlongs. The only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and
John Furlong (sports administrator) 2017, UBC became the subject of a human rights complaint over its handling of Furlong's speech. In November 2012, Furlong filed and subsequently dropped defamation suits against the "Georgia Straight" newspaper and journalist Laura Robinson. In separate default judgements, "Georgia Straight" and Robinson were awarded legal costs. John Furlong was schooled at St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin, Dublin. In 1970, Furlong married Margaret Cook in Burns Lake British Columbia, Canada. Furlong and Cook are parents to four grown children. In the late 1970s, Furlong lived with Dayle "Dee" Turner in a three-year common law relationship. In 1984, Furlong married Gail Robb,