| 词条 | Eddie O'Donnell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Eddie O'Donnell |image = Tacoma Speedway 1920 Eddie'O Donnell head (cropped).jpg |caption = O'Donnell at Tacoma Speedway in 1920 |nationality = American |birth_name = Edward Francis O'Donnell |birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|06|22}} |birth_place = Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|1920|11|26|1887|06|22}} |death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |death_cause = Injuries from racing accident }}Edward Francis O'Donnell (22 June 1887 – 26 November 1920) was an American racecar driver. He died of injuries sustained in a crash during a National Championship AAA race.[1] O'Donnell started his career as a riding mechanic for Duesenberg racecar driver Eddie Rickenbacker. When Rickenbacker left the Duesenberg Team to join the Peugeot Team, O'Donnell took over as driver. He served as Captain of the Duesenberg team and was highly successful on the dirt tracks and board tracks around the United States, also having raced on the road circuits. DeathO'Donnell was fatally injured when he and Gaston Chevrolet collided during the Thanksgiving Day Beverly Hills Speedway Classic race. Chevrolet was killed as well as O'Donnell's mechanic Lyall Jolls, O'Donnell died the next morning.[2] Indianapolis 500 results{{col-begin|width=auto}}{{col-break}}
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/2045.php|title=Gaston Chevrolet killed in race|work=The New York Times|date=November 26, 1920|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203848/http://carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/2045.php|archivedate=October 15, 2017|dead-url=no|via=The Crittenden Automotive Library}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Death crowns winning auto racing king|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wFROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=81UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6911%2C2687677|newspaper=The Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|agency=Associated Press|date=November 26, 1920}} External links
11 : 1887 births|1920 deaths|People from Whitewater, Wisconsin|Racing drivers from Wisconsin|People from Faribault, Minnesota|Racing drivers from Minnesota|Indianapolis 500 drivers|AAA Championship Car drivers|20th-century American racing drivers|Racing drivers killed while racing|Sports deaths in California |
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