Paddy Hehir

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Paddy Hehir
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Personal information
Full namePatrick O'Sullivan Hehir
NicknameAustralian Rabbit
Born(1889-01-23)23 January 1889
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Died25 June 1954(1954-06-25) (aged 65) [1]
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Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Major wins
Six Days of Sydney (with Alf Goullet), Six Days of Buffalo (with Peter Drobach), Six Days of Newark (with Peter Drobach) and Six Days of Indianapolis (with Peter Drobach)

Patrick O'Sullivan Hehir (1889-1954) was an Australian cycling champion. [2] He participated in the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships at the Newark Velodrome. Hehir won the American Derby event in 1912. [3] He also won the Six Days of Buffalo in 1913 with Peter Drobach. [4] In 1910, Frank L. Kramer beat Hehir in the one-mile open professional event. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick O'Sullivan Hehir". FindAGrave.com.
  2. ↑ "Paddy Hehir's Palmares at CyclingRanking". CyclingRanking.com.
  3. ↑ Bruce W. Pratt (1979). Australian Encyclopedia. ISBN   9780959660418. Paddy Hehir won the American Derby event in 1912. ...
  4. ↑ "6 jours de Buffalo (Etats-Unis)". Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Champion Defeats Hehir on the Newark". The New York Times . 11 April 1910. Retrieved 7 June 2010. Frank L. Kramer, the cycle champion, beat Paddy Hehir, the Australian cyclist, in the one-mile open professional event. Hehir was bunched with him, West, ...


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