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Russell Mockridge
Martin Curtis
Russell Mockridge
Martin Curtis
In September 1958, only minutes into a professional road race, Australia's best cyclist, Russell Mockridge, was dead, his head and body crushed under the wheels of a bus.
The death of the Olympic Gold medallist and Tour de France competitor was an embarrassment for cycling officials. Mockridge was 30 when he was killed and planning a new assault on European professional racing. On the 50th anniversary of his death Melbourne journalist Martin Curtis revisits the life and death of Russell Mockridge. He finds a literate, urbane, but shy man, an outsider in the rough-and-tumble world of professional cycling. He also investigates passionately held family views that the death was not properly investigated. This is a compelling account of a legendary Australian sportsman and one that will be of real interest to the growing number of cycling enthusiasts as well as a broad general readership.
Médias | Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé) |
Validé | 29 septembre 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781877096549 |
Éditeurs | Melbourne Books |
Pages | 240 |
Dimensions | 155 × 233 × 18 mm · 344 g |
Langue et grammaire | English |