Furlong most practical measurements. Furlong A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, or 10 chains. Using the international definition of the inch as exactly 25.4 millimetres, one furlong is 201.168 metres. However, the United States does not uniformly use this conversion ratio. Older ratios are in use for surveying purposes in some states, leading to variations in the length of the furlong of two parts per million, or about 0.4 millimetres ( inch). This variation is too small to
Noel Furlong Noel Furlong J. J. Furlong (born December 25, 1937 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish businessman and poker player who won the 1999 World Series of Poker main event. Furlong was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He originally became a millionaire from his carpet manufacturing business. He was given the nickname "Noel" because he was born on Christmas Day. Furlong began playing poker in 1984, and in his first trip to the World Series of Poker in 1989, he placed 6th in the main event. That final table was won by Phil Hellmuth, and also included two time world