Jimmy Moran
James Henri "Jimmy" or "Jim" Moran (born April 20, 1886 in Chelsea , Massachusetts , † October 26, 1951 in Cambridge , Massachusetts) was an American track cyclist . Together with Floyd MacFarland, he won the first Berlin six-day race in 1909.
Jim Moran, nicknamed "Piggy", became a professional racing driver in 1901. He specialized in six-day races as well as standing races . In total, he competed in 37 six-day races, mostly in the USA, and won six, two of them with MacFarland, one with Iver Lawson and one with Frank Kramer . With first place in the first European six-day race in Berlin in 1909 in a team with MacFarland, he achieved a historic victory.
In 1911, Moran, although an American, was the European champion of the stayers (it was an invitation race). At the World Railroad Championships in Rome in 1911 , as well as at the World Cup the following year in Newark, he took third place in the professional standers.
In 1915, Moran drove his last six-day race in Chicago.
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- Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night. 100 years of zesdaagsen. De Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X .
- Peter Joffrey Nye: The Six-Day Bicycle Races. America's Jazz-Age Sport. Van der Plas Publishing et al., San Francisco CA 2006, ISBN 1-892-49549-X .
Web links
- Jimmy Moran in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moran, Jimmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moran, James Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chelsea (Massachusetts) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1951 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |