Alf Goullet was an Australian cyclist who won more than 400 races on three continents, including 15 six-day races.
16 Facts About Alf Goullet
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Alf Goullet set world records from two-thirds of a mile to 50 miles, and the record for the distance ridden in a six-day race.
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Alf Goullet created a cycling track at home by leading a horse as it dragged a log to clear the grass.
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Alf Goullet made a name in Australia and was contracted to ride in the United States.
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Alf Goullet settled in Newark and raced on outdoor tracks set in parks and sports grounds.
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Alf Goullet is not quite 21 years old and is one of the cleanest, most straightforward and likeable athletes who ever appeared here.
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That winter, Alf Goullet won the first Paris six-day race, paired with Joe Fogler of Brooklyn.
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Alf Goullet returned to America, and in November 1914 won the six-day at Madison Square Garden, paired with another Australian, Alfred Grenda.
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Alf Goullet wrote in the Saturday Evening Post after his first six-day race in New York:.
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Alf Goullet joined the US Navy when the US joined World War I in 1917, but never left the country.
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Alf Goullet was so popular in the 1920s that he was paid $1,000 a day.
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Alf Goullet estimated he earned $100,000 from cycling at a time when a manual worker brought home $5 a day.
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Alf Goullet began selling life insurance and owned and ran a skating rink in Wayne Township.
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Alf Goullet was enrolled in the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in May 1988.
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Alf Goullet died in a nursing home aged 103 in Toms River, New Jersey.
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Alf Goullet was survived by his son, Richard, daughter Suzanne, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.