Willie Hume

Willie Hume
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Hume
NicknameWillie
Born3 April 1862
Belfast, Ireland
Died1941 (aged 78–79)
Amateur team
1889Belfast Cruisers Cycling Club
Major wins
1889 – 4 out 4 victories in Belfast on world's first pneumatic tyres.
1889 – 3 out 4 victories in Liverpool on world's first pneumatic tyres.

William Hume (3 April 1862 – 1941[1]) was an Irish cyclist. He demonstrated the supremacy of John Boyd Dunlop's newly invented pneumatic tyres in 1889, winning the tyre's first ever races in Ireland and then England.[2][3]

  1. ^ The Bicycle, 12 Nov 1941, p6
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gold Hume was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dunlop, What sets Dunlop apart, History, 1889