Personal information | |
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Full name | Anthony Sewell |
Nickname | "The Panther" |
Born | Los Angeles, California, United States of America | August 3, 1962
Died | April 3, 2009 | (aged 46)
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 65.7 kg (145 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) |
Role | Racer |
Rider type | Off Road |
Amateur team | |
1978-1979 | JAG BMX |
Professional teams | |
1979-1980 | JAG BMX |
1981 | Kuwahara Cycles, Ltd |
1981 | Huffy Corporation |
1981-1984 | Murray Ohio Corporation |
1985 | KHS |
1985 | Birmingham Wheels (England) |
1985 | GT Racing (England) |
1988 | S&M |
Anthony Sewell (August 3, 1962 – April 3, 2009, in Los Angeles, California U.S.) was a professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978 to 1984. He was nicknamed "The Panther".[1] He got the moniker jumping curbs in his neighborhood and neighborhood kids likened his jumping to that of a cat.[2] This was soon converted to Panther. He was also known as "The Professor" due to his glasses with their thick lenses.[2]