Frank Southall

Frank Southall
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Frank Southall
Born(1904-07-02)2 July 1904
Wandsworth, England
Died1 March 1964(1964-03-01) (aged 59)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
Norwood Paragon CC
Professional team
1934Individual
Managerial team
Hercules
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Individual road race
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team road race
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Team pursuit

William Frank Southall (2 July 1904 – 1 March 1964) was an English racing cyclist who won silver medals for Great Britain in the individual road race (run as an individual time trial) at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a track cycling medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1] He also represented Britain in world championships from 1926 to 1933.

He was born in Wandsworth, London. He rode for the South London Norwood Paragon cycling club, broke numerous time trial and Road Records Association place-to-place records in domestic competitions, winning the first four British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) competitions from 1930 to 1933.

  1. ^ "Frank Southall Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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