Eddie Smith (cyclist)

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Eddie Smith
Personal information
Full name	Eddie Smith
Born	(1926-09-17)17 September 1926 Canberra, Australia
Died	4 July 1997(1997-07-04) (aged 70) Melbourne, Australia
Team information
Role	Rider

Eddie Smith (17 September 1926 – 4 July 1997) was an Australian racing cyclist. He won the Australian national road race title in 1954^[1] and 1955.^[2] Smith finished second in 1956 behind Russell Mockridge.

In 1954, he won the Goulburn to Sydney Classic, in reverse direction from Enfield to Goulburn^[3] In the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic Smith set the fastest time in 1954^[4] and the third fastest time in 1949.^[5]

References

^ "Eddie Smith is champ". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 August 1954. p. 11.
^ "It's our Eddie again!". The Argus (Melbourne). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1955. p. 25.
^ "Big road cycle race to Smith". The Sun-Herald. Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1954. p. 37.
^ "Eddie breaks a record, asks: How did I win the road title?". The Argus (Melbourne). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 October 1955. p. 15.
^ "Bonney rewarded with win in classic". The Age. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1949. p. 12.

External links

Eddie Smith at Cycling Archives (archived)

v t e Australian National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianto (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
1920–1939	Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936–1937) Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Max Rowley (1946) Jack Bates (1947) Duncan Hunter (1948) Max Rowley (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)
1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)
2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016) Miles Scotson (2017) Alex Edmondson (2018) Michael Freiberg (2019)
2020–2039	Cameron Meyer (2020–2021) Luke Plapp (2022–2024)

v t e Riders on Malvern Star
Joyce Barry Ian Browne Lionel Cox Pat Hawkins Don Kirkham Richard Lamb Tony Marchant Ern Milliken Ossie Nicholson Hubert Opperman Sid Patterson Billie Samuel Edna Sayers Eddie Smith Hefty Stuart Hector Sutherland Frankie Thomas Valda Unthank

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