 Cyclist Reggie MacNamara with his cycling partner Edward Seufert | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Reggie McNamara |
| Nickname | 'Iron Bones', 'Iron man', 'Iron McNamara' |
| Born | 7 November 1887[1] Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | October 1971 (aged 83–84) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road and Track Sprints and Endurance |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| 1913 - Sydney Six-days 1915-1917 - 5 World records, 1–25 miles 1918-1932 - 7x Six-days at Madison Square Garden 1918-1932 - 5x Six-days at Chicago Six-day races in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and England More than 700 career victories | |
Reggie McNamara (born Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1887,[1][2] died Belleville, New Jersey, United States,[3] October 1970[4] or 1971[3][1][5] or 1972[6]) was an Australian cyclist known as a roughhouse velodrome rider with a string of dramatic crashes and broken bones over 20 years.[2] He was known as the Iron Man. He specialised in six-day races but rode races from 200m sprints to 100 km endurance races. He rode 3,000 races on three continents over 30 years and won more than 700 before he retired aged 50 in 1937.[1][7]
- ^ a b c d "Reggie McNamara—Original Iron Man". BikeRaceInfo.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Profile of Reggie McNamarra". Canberra Bike Museum. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005..
- ^ a b "Untitled list of births and deaths". TIME magazine. 25 October 1971. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010.
- ^ "2004 Hall of Fame Inductees - Reggie McNamarra". US Bicycling Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009.
- ^ "Reggie McNamara Dead at 83; Noted Bicycle Racer of the 20s". The New York Times newspaper. 11 October 1971. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ Chany, Pierre (1988) La Fabuleuse Histoire du Cyclisme, Nathan, France, p327
- ^ The Bicycle, UK, 25 December 1946, p14