Reggie McNamara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reggie McNamara

Australian racing cyclist

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1888

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1971

Profession: sport cyclist, track cyclist

Nationality: United States, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Reggie McNamara (born Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1887, died Belleville, New Jersey, United States, October 1970 or 1971 or 1972) was an Australian cyclist known as a roughhouse velodrome rider with a string of dramatic crashes and broken bones over 20 years.
He was known as the Iron Man.
He specialised in six-day races but rode races from 200m sprints to 100 km endurance races.
He rode 3,000 races on three continents over 30 years and won more than 700 before he retired aged 50 in 1937.