翻訳と辞書 |
Bert Harris
Albert ''Bert'' Walter Allen Harris (1873, Birmingham〔(England & Wales BDM Index, Births: Albert Walter A Harris, Apr-May-Jun quarter 1873, Aston registration district, Volume: 6d Page: 331 ) ''(Registration required to view for free)''〕 - 21 April 1897,〔(England & Wales BDM Index, Deaths: Albert Walter A Harris, Apr-May-Jun quarter 1897, Aged 24, Birmingham registration district, Volume: 6d Page: 65 ) ''(Registration required to view for free)''〕 Birmingham General Hospital) was a professional racing cyclist. He was raised in Leicester and attended Holy Trinity School. He started cycling competitively at the age of 14 and came second in the 'Infirmary Sports' at Aylestone Road Sports Ground (now the Grace Road Cricket Ground) two years later.〔( Transcript of memorial, photographs and brief biography )〕 ==Biography== Harris gained his first major win at Bristol in 1889, completing the Five Mile race in 18 minutes and 25 seconds. Harris lived with his father, Walter James Harris, at 4 Portsmouth Road, Leicester and there is documentary evidence of this still held by the family. This address is also on his death certificate and coroner's report. Harris broke the records for the mile and three-quarter mile events in 1893 before turning professional in 1894 and joined the London Polytechnic Cycle Club. Bert was coached by Sam Mussabini to his first professional cycling championship victory in 1894. During a race in Cardiff in April 1895, he came off his bicycle and was knocked unconscious for 48 hours. However, by September he was well enough to break the English professional record at Herne Hill Velodrome, completing the half-mile in 57.3 seconds and the mile in 118.3 seconds.〔 Bert competed alongside the big names in cycling in the Antipodes in 1895 and 1896, receiving £400 for winning one race alone.〔 On average he earned £15 a week.〔 He was so successful that people began to refer to 1896 as ''Harris Year''.〔(BBC Inside Out, East Midlands )〕 Bert's last event was a ten-mile race on Easter Monday in 1897, about four miles into the race he came off his bicycle and struck his head on the hard surface. He died two days later without recovering consciousness.〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bert Harris」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|