Albert Crossley

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Albert "Al" Crossley Jr. (also falsely Alfred Crossley ) (born July 6, 1903 in New Bedford ; † January 1981 ) was an American cyclist .

Albert Crossley had won numerous amateur races on the open-air track in New England and New York before turning pro at age 21 . As a result, he contested a total of 89 six-day races in North America , of which he finished 78 and won ten. In the best list of the six-day races (as of 2007) he ranks 45th as the second best American, ahead of him is only Jimmy Walthour, Jr. , with whom Crossley won seven races, in 44th place . With Walthour he contested a total of 36 six-day races. In 1940 he ended his cycling career.

Crossley only had three fingers on his right hand after it fell into the bicycle chain and lost two fingers.

In 2015, Crossley was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame .

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References and comments

  1. ↑ In publications, Crossley is named both Albert and Alfred . The publication of the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame is decisive for the lemma .
  2. ^ A b Albert Crossley - Six Day Racing Canada. In: 6dayracing.ca. Retrieved September 16, 2015 .
  3. ^ Albert Crossley , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed April 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Jacq van Reijendam, 6-daagsen statistics 2009
  5. ^ The New York Post , February 15, 1936 (PDF file)
  6. ↑ News. (No longer available online.) In: usbhof.org. February 23, 2015, archived from the original on September 7, 2015 ; accessed on September 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usbhof.org
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SURNAME Crossley, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crossley, Alfred (frequent misspellings); Crossley, Al (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH New Bedford
DATE OF DEATH January 1981