Alfred Strom
Alfred Strom (born July 9, 1916 in Sydney , † March 18, 1973 in Bruges ) was an Australian cyclist .
Alfred Strom won four national cycling titles as an amateur . Then he and his friend, Reginald Arnold , who was eight years his junior , decided to go to Europe to compete in six days as a professional .
Strom became one of the most successful six-day drivers of the 1950s. Until 1957 he started in a total of 49 six-day races in Europe and the USA , of which he won nine, including twice the Berlin six-day race , together with Arnold. Later Strom and Arnold fell out and continued with other partners, Strom u. a. with Ludwig Hörmann and Sydney Patterson .
After the end of his sporting career, Alfred Strom stayed in Belgium because he was married to a Belgian woman. He found work with a shipping company. He died in 1973 of poisoning from a gas leak in his home in Knokke .
Remarks
- ↑ Alfred Strom on wielersport.slogblog.nl
- ↑ Lt. de Martelaere died Strom in his house in Knokke , radsportseiten.net gives Bruges as the place of death.
literature
- Roger de Maertelaere: Mannen van de Nacht . 100 years of zesdaagsen. De Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X , p. 250
Web links
- Alfred Strom in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strom, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1973 |
| Place of death | Bruges |