Tommy Hall (cyclist)

William Thomas " Tommy" Hall ( * 1877 in Croydon, Sussex (now London), † April 26, 1949 ) was an English racing cyclist.

Tommy Hall was born as one of 13 children of an upholsterer. At age 13, he ran his first race. From 1900 to 1914 he was a cyclist. On October 29, 1903, he broke with 87.391 kilometers the hour record behind a motorized pacer at the Velodrome of the Parc des Princes stadium. In 1903 he was third in the European Championship of the uprights. After ending his active career, the 1.53 -meter Hall became coach of the British Olympic team. In 1924 he accompanied the British national team to the Olympic Games in Paris.

According to the census in the United Kingdom Hall was reported in 1901 in London, his occupation was given as " bike builder". Hall died in 1949 at the age of 72 years and is at the Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington buried. The inscription on his grave stone reads:

( William Thomas ( Tommy ) Hall, who died on April 26, 1949 at the age of 72 years. This stone was erected in honor of a record-breaking and world-famous cyclist on road and rail from his cycling friends. A great rider and athlete. )