Robert_Spears_(cyclist)

Robert Spears (cyclist)

Robert Spears (cyclist)

Australian cyclist

Robert "Bob" Spears (8 August 1893 – 5 July 1950) was an Australian cyclist who was active on the track between 1913 and 1928. He was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and won his first race in the city at the age of fourteen.[1] He won one gold and two silver medals in the sprint at the world championships of 1920–1922. He won six-day races in Melbourne (1913), Newark Velodrome (1915) and Chicago (1916), as well as the Grand Prix de Paris (1920, 1921, 1922) and Grand Prix of Copenhagen (1922, 1925).[2]

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In 1985, he was inducted to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Sharp, M P. "Robert Adam Spears (1893–1950)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Bob Spears". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Robert Spears". at Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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