Russell Mockridge

Download or read book Russell Mockridge written by Martin Curtis and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1958, only minutes into a professional road race, Russell Mockridge, was dead, his head and body crushed under the wheels of a bus. The death of the Olympic Gold medallist and Tour de France competitor was an embarrassment for cycling officials. On the 50th anniversary of his death Melbourne journalist Martin Curtis revisits the life and death of Russell Mockridge. He also investigates passionately held family views that the death was not properly investigated.