John Harvey (cyclist)

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John Harvey sometimes Jack Harvey (1884-????) from Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire was a British professional road racing cyclist in the 1900s and 1910s. He held the National Cyclists' Union, 25 mile title in 1909 [1] and was the English Champion for the one mile distance, in 1910.

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Between 1910 -1913, he ran a pub called Old Blue Post Hotel in Stafford. [2] He served in the Army in 1915 aged 31.

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References

  1. National Cycle Archive https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NCA/1/51/7/10/76 . Retrieved 8 October 2019.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Connor, John (2013). The Inns and Alehouses of Stafford: Through the South Gate. Troubador Publishing. p. 63. ISBN   978-1783061310 . Retrieved 8 October 2019.