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Born | Lindsay, Ontario, Canada | 25 December 1873
Died | 13 May 1902 Atlantic City, New Jersey | (aged 27)
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Discipline | Track |
Role | Rider |
Archie McEachern (25 December 1873 – 13 May 1902) was a Canadian track cyclist. He was the Canadian National Champion of middle-distance races and was also the first Canadian to win the New York Madison Square Garden Six-Day Bicycle Race, in 1901. [1] In 1902 he broke the world's indoor bicycle record for 5 miles in a motor paced race. [2]
McEachern was training at the Atlantic City, NJ velodrome prior to it officially opening. During training he was being paced by a tandem motorcycle (driven by his two trainers Bobby Thompson and Alfred Boake). [3] While riding close to his pacers, McEachern was injured when the bike's drive chain broke and died shortly thereafter. [4] [5]
In 1999 the Canadian Cyclist website put McEachern in 9th place on their list of Top 25 Canadian Cyclists of the Century. [4] The Journal of Sport History stated that he "was one of Canada's most famous professional cyclists" of his day. [6]
List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death