Josef Schwarzer

Josef Schwarzer (born January 17, 1881 in Schnellewalde , † August 30, 1908 in Düsseldorf ) was a German pacemaker .

Josef Schwarzer was a bicycle mechanic by profession. First he worked as a chauffeur for the Dutch cyclist Piet Dickentman . Squidward Robl noticed him as a pacemaker . In 1907 Schwarzer bought his own pacemaker machine and ran the US racing driver Louis Mettling until he had a fatal accident in a race in Dresden in July 1907 .

Then Schwarzer mainly led Robl and the Swiss Fritz Ryser , with whom he became world champion in Berlin-Steglitz . Just four weeks later, Schwarzer fell fatally on the Düsseldorf cycling track . The sports album of the cycling world wrote: "The relatives mourned around the bier of the deceased and in their minds the whole world of cycling lingered at his coffin."

literature

Sport album of the Rad-Welt , 7th year, Berlin 1909

personal data
SURNAME	Schwarzer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pacemaker
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schnellwalde
DATE OF DEATH	August 30, 1908
Place of death	Dusseldorf