| 词条 | William Peden |
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| name = William Peden | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|4|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|1|26|1906|4|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Northbrook, Illinois, United States | height = {{convert|6|ft|3|in|cm|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|220|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | discipline = Six-day racing | role = | ridertype = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears1 = | proyears1 = 1929-1948 | proteam1 = | majorwins = }}William "Torchy" Peden (16 April 1906 – 26 January 1980) was a Canadian cyclist. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955[1] and the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.[2] As a youth, Peden was a natural athlete, participating in several sports, and was nationally ranked in swimming.[3] He took up bicycle racing in 1925 and trained intensively for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] He was selected for the Canadian team and competed in three Olympic events.[4] Afterward, he remained in Europe to join the cycling circuit. In 1929, he returned to Canada.[1] After winning five titles at the indoor Canadian championships in Montreal, he turned professional.[1] He discovered and excelled at six-day racing. During the Great Depression, the sport was cheap for spectators and very popular. Beginning in 1929, he won 24 of 48 races over the next four years.[1][4] In 1932, he set a record that still stands: 10 victories.[3] At times, he teamed up with his younger brother Doug (the sport used two-man teams). Overall, he won 38 of 148, a record unbroken until 1965.[3] In 1931, he set a record; riding behind a car providing a shield against the wind, he achieved a speed of {{convert|73.5|mph|kph}}.[1] He also coached the 1932 national cycling team and the 1936 track team.[1] He was a showman, popular with the fans. He would grab a scarf or hat from a spectator and ride around with it for a few laps before returning it to its owner. The redhead acquired the nickname "Torchy" when a journalist described him as a "flame-haired youth leading the pack like a torch".[2] He was rumoured to have earned $50,000 a year, an enormous sum at the time.[1] (For comparison, Babe Ruth made $80,000 in 1930.) During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1] He participated in his last six-day race in 1942 and his last professional cycling race in 1948.[1] He moved to the United States in the 1950s and opened a sporting goods store.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web |url=http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=350&catID=all |title=Honoured Member Stories |accessdate=20 February 2015 |publisher=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peden, William}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/inductees/inductees/bio?id=37&type=person |title=William "Torchy" Peden |publisher=BC Sports Hall of Fame |accessdate=13 June 2015}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-j-peden/ |title=William J. Peden |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |edition=online |accessdate=13 June 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/torchy-peden-1.html |title=William Peden Olympic Results |accessdate=3 June 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}} 8 : 1906 births|1980 deaths|Canadian male cyclists|Olympic cyclists of Canada|Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Cyclists from British Columbia|Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia|Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees |
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