Reggie McNamara

Reggie McNamara

Cyclist Reggie MacNamara with his cycling partner Edward Seufert
Personal information
Full name	Reggie McNamara
Nickname	'Iron Bones', 'Iron man', 'Iron McNamara'
Born	7 November 1887[1] Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Died	October 1971 (aged 83–84)
Team information
Discipline	Road and Track Sprints and Endurance
Role	Rider
Major wins
1913 - Sydney Six-days 1915-1917 - 5 World records, 1–25 miles 1918-1932 - 7x Six-days at Madison Square Garden 1918-1932 - 5x Six-days at Chicago Six-day races in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and England More than 700 career victories

Reggie McNamara (born Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1887,^[1][2] died Belleville, New Jersey, United States,^[3] October 1970^[4] or 1971^[3][1][5] or 1972^[6]) was an Australian cyclist known as a roughhouse velodrome rider with a string of dramatic crashes and broken bones over 20 years.^[2] 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.^[1][7]