Aussie Cycling Photo Gallery

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Officers, Sydney Bicycle Club, 1898

Bob Spears, Dubbo, NSW. World Sprint Champion, 1920, Australian 6-Day Winner, 3-times winner of the Grand Prix of Paris.
Photo Courtesy Sid Freshwater OAM

Hubert Opperman, Keran Egan, Cyril Short, Keith Robley, Norm Lloyd
Scratch markers Healing 40 mile race at Essendon Victoria, circa 1940
Photo Courtesy Keran Egan's daughter Anne-Maree O'Neill

NSW Track Team at the Australian Championships, Broken Hill, 1952
Photo Courtesy Sid Freshwater OAM

NSW Amateur Cycling Union Track Team, 1975
Photo
The Australian Cyclist

E.L. 'Dunc' Gray, Goulburn, NSW. Between 1928 and 1940 won 2 Olympic and 2 Empire Games medals,20 Australian titles, and 36 New South Wales state titles. The 2000 Sydney Olympics velodrome was named in his honour.
Photo: The Australian Cyclist

Sid Patterson, Victoria, 1927-1999. Career span 1941-1968. Four World Track Championships and numerous Victorian and Australian titles from 1000m to 10 miles. Competed in the 1948 Olympic Games and the 1950 'British Empire Games'. Turned professional in 1951and won the World Pursuit Championships in 1952 and 1953. Winner of the famous Paris 6-Day Race in 1955 with fellow Aussies, Russell Mockridge and Roger Arnold.
Photo: The Australian Cyclist


VIC Amateur Track Team, National Titles, Hobart, 1953
Photo: The Australian Cyclist

Dick Ploog, Victoria, Champion 1000m Time Trialist, Olympic, Commonwealth Games and Australian National achievements.
Photo: The Australian Cyclist

Western Suburbs Bicycle Team - Winners Interclub Road & Track Premiership, 1909-10
Phote Courtesy Alex Fulcher

Redfern Bicycle Club Dunlop Team, Runners Up 1910 (names needed)
Photo Courtesy Alex Fulcher

Australian Cycling Championship, Brisbane, 1940 - NSW Official Party with Team - Healing Shield
Photo Courtesy Alex Fulcher


St George Premiership Road Team (Series 1952)
Phote Courtesy Alex Fulcher

Keith Oliver, Track and Road Champion, 1960s and 2000s.
Photo: National Cyclist

Cec Burness, Arthur Scotton, Willy Coppins, circa 1920

Marrickville Cycling Club members, circa 1920

Newtown Cycling Club member, circa 1920

Hubert Opperman after winning the Paris-Brest-Paris Road Race, 1931

Jack Walsh, Ern Scotton, John Kohlenberg, J Cooper, 1947

Ern Scotton, 1940
Photo Courtesy Ern Scotton

NSW Track Team, 1940

Ern Scotton with Noel Ballard, Brisbane, 1940
Photo Courtesy Ern Scotton

Arthur Scotton, 1920's
Photo Courtesy Ern Scotton


Best Wishes Telegram to Dunc Gray/Ern Scotton/Billy Beer, 1940
Photo Courtesy Ern Scotton

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