Eddie Brown (cyclist)

Eddie Brown
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NationalityBritish (Scotland)
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SportCycling
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ClubStirlingshire RC

Eddie Brown is a former racing cyclist from Scotland, who represented Scotland at the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Brown was a member of the Stirlingshire Roads Club[1] and won the 1958 Auchtederran Wheelers 25 mile time trial.[2] He finished runner-up to Hislop Dickson in the 1958 Scottish championship 4,000 metres pursuit final.[3]

He represented the 1958 Scottish Team[4][5] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,[6] participating in one cycling program event; the individual pursuit.[7][8]

He was the Scottish pursuit champion in 1959.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Cycling results". Daily Record. 14 April 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 4 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Local Notes". Ross-shire Journal. 13 June 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Ernie was so mad he stormed off the track". Daily Record. 22 September 1958. p. 17. Retrieved 4 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Short list for Empire Games". Belfast News-Letter. 3 February 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 2 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Cardiff Winners and Performances". The Scotsman. 25 July 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 2 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Cycling Track 4000m Individual Pursuit - Men Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Olympic hopes". Leicester Evening Mail. 1 June 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 4 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.