Re: [CR]Tommy Simpson

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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:04:25 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Michael Butler" <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR]Tommy Simpson
To: Tmyden@aol.com
In-Reply-To: <233.e8a92d.30a506c9@aol.com>
cc: CR Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Tom was an Olympic medallist by this date so this guy must have been quick. Have had a quick look but haven't found anything yet. Hull Thursday RC is a thriving club, don't they have an Ellis Briggs trophy race? Try them most of our clubs have web sites.


--- Tmyden@aol.com wrote:


> I recently acquired a cache of 1950's UK "Cycling"
> magazines, in the racing
> results of Sept. 13th 1956 it was noted that Mr.
> Mike Dawson beat Mr Tommy
> Simpson in the E. Yorks "25". Mr. Dawson belonged to
> Hull Thursday R. C. and Mr
> Simpson belonged to Scala Wheelers. Which brings me
> to my request for
> information; Is there anyone out there who knows the
> racing career of Mr. Dawson?
> Was this his fifteen minutes of fame? Were there
> other racing successes?
> Beating Tommy Simpson must have been something to
> talk about for years to come.
> Ron Tandy, Westminster, Calif. (tmyden@aol.com)
>
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.

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