Patrick O'Sullivan Hehir was an Australian cycling champion. He participated in the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships at the Newark Velodrome. Hehir won the American Derby event in 1912. [1] He also won the Six Days of Buffalo in 1913 with Peter Drobach. [2] In 1910, Frank L. Kramer beat Hehir in the one-mile open professional event. [3]
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Paddy Hehir won the American Derby event in 1912. ...
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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