In 1905 Lawson also won the National Cycle Association's quarter-mile championship race at Vailsburg in Newark, New Jersey.[5]
In an incident, which occurred in February 1904 at an event in Australia, Major Taylor (an African American cyclist) was seriously injured on the final turn of a race when fellow competitor Lawson deliberately veered his bicycle toward Taylor and collided with his front wheel. Taylor crashed and lay unconscious on the track before he was taken to a local hospital and later made a full recovery. Lawson was suspended from racing anywhere in the world for a year as a result of his actions.
Lawson died on November 9, 1960, in Provo, Utah, after falling from a window.
Footnotesedit
^Hurst, Robert (October 2006). The Art of Cycling: A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America. ISBN9780762751976.
^"Iver Lawson's Big Victory. Salt Lake Bicycle Rider Wins the Ten-mile Championship at Buffalo Today, in Competition With Taylor and Kramer". The Deseret News. August 16, 1901. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^"Cycling at New York". Los Angeles Herald. July 5, 1902. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^"Iver Lawson Is Cycle Champion". San Francisco Call. August 20, 1905. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
External linksedit
Iver Lawson at Cycling Archives
Iver Lawson at CycleBase
May 03, 2024
iver, lawson, cyclist, iver, georg, lawson, july, 1879, november, 1960, american, professional, track, cyclist, sprint, event, 1904, track, cycling, world, championships, iver, lawsonpersonal, informationfull, nameiver, georg, lawsonborn, 1879, july, 1879norrk. Iver Georg Lawson July 1 1879 November 9 1960 was an American professional track cyclist 1 He won the sprint event at the 1904 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Iver LawsonPersonal informationFull nameIver Georg LawsonBorn 1879 07 01 July 1 1879Norrkoping SwedenDiedNovember 9 1960 1960 11 09 aged 81 Provo Utah U S Team informationDisciplineTrackRoleRiderMedal record Men s track cycling Representing United States World Championships 1904 London SprintBiography editIver Lawson was born on July 1 1879 in Norrkoping Sweden to Lars Gustaf Larsson and Emma Sofia Sundberg He had two brothers Gus Lawson and John Lawson 2 In 1901 Lawson won the ten mile championship in Buffalo New York 3 In 1902 he lost to Frank Louis Kramer 4 In 1905 Lawson also won the National Cycle Association s quarter mile championship race at Vailsburg in Newark New Jersey 5 In an incident which occurred in February 1904 at an event in Australia Major Taylor an African American cyclist was seriously injured on the final turn of a race when fellow competitor Lawson deliberately veered his bicycle toward Taylor and collided with his front wheel Taylor crashed and lay unconscious on the track before he was taken to a local hospital and later made a full recovery Lawson was suspended from racing anywhere in the world for a year as a result of his actions Lawson died on November 9 1960 in Provo Utah after falling from a window Footnotes edit Hurst Robert October 2006 The Art of Cycling A Guide to Bicycling in 21st Century America ISBN 9780762751976 Iver Lawson to Race In Paris San Francisco Call March 16 1902 Iver Lawson s Big Victory Salt Lake Bicycle Rider Wins the Ten mile Championship at Buffalo Today in Competition With Taylor and Kramer The Deseret News August 16 1901 Retrieved November 17 2013 Cycling at New York Los Angeles Herald July 5 1902 Retrieved November 17 2013 Iver Lawson Is Cycle Champion San Francisco Call August 20 1905 Retrieved November 11 2013 External links editIver Lawson at Cycling Archives nbsp Iver Lawson at CycleBase nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iver Lawson cyclist amp oldid 1146159330, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
