Archie McEachern
Archie McEachern (* 1873 in Lindsay , Ontario , † May 13, 1902 in Atlantic City , New Jersey ) was a Canadian track cyclist .
Archie McEachern was one of the most popular racing drivers in North America at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He belonged to the first generation of six-day drivers who actually competed in such a race alone for six days, 24 hours a day. In 1899 he started together with Otto Maya in the first six-day race with two-man team driving in New York's Madison Square Garden , and they finished second behind Charles A. Miller and Frank Waller. The following year he finished second with Burns Wesley Pierce. In 1901 he won the New York six-day race in a team with Robert Walthour .
On May 13, 1902 accident McEachern killed in a stayer race on the velodrome of Atlantic City.
In 1999, Archie McEachern was voted ninth in the Canadian Cyclist magazine's “ Canadian Cyclist of the Century” poll .
literature
- Roger De Maertelaere: De Mannen van de Nacht , Eeklo 2000, p. 224
Web links
- Archie McEachern in the Radsportseiten.net database
- 6day racing approx
- veloptimum.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McEachern, Archie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindsay , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1902 |
| Place of death | Atlantic City , New Jersey |