Russell Mockridge: The Man in Front
Author(s): Martin Curtis
In September 1958, only minutes into a professional road race, Australia's best cyclist, Russell Mockridge, was dead, his head and body crushed under the wheels of a bus.The death of the Olympic Gold medallist and Tour de France competitor was an embarrassment for cycling officials. Mockridge was 30 when he was killed and planning a new assault on European professional racing.On the 50th anniversary of his death Melbourne journalist Martin Curtis revisits the life and death of Russell Mockridge. He finds a literate, urbane, but shy man, an outsider in the rough-and-tumble world of professional cycling. He also investigates passionately held family views that the death was not properly investigated.This is a compelling account of a legendary Australian sportsman and one that will be of real interest to the growing number of cycling enthusiasts as well as a broad general readership.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Melbourne Books
- : Melbourne Books
- : 0.346
- : 01 September 2008
- : 210mm X 130mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : 240
- : 618
- : Paperback
- : Martin Curtis