Gérard Debaets, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gérard Debaets

cyclist

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1899

Place of Birth: Kortrijk, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1959

Profession: sport cyclist, track cyclist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Gérard Debaets (17 April 1899 – 27 April 1959) was a Belgian racing cyclist.
He won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925.
He also specialized in track cycling, winning a total of 18 six-day events, including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York.
Debaets was a resident of Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey, where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.