John Harvey (cyclist) explained

Jack Harvey
Discipline:	Road
Majorwins:	1 mile. (1910)

John Harvey sometimes Jack Harvey (1884–????) from Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire was a British professional road racing cyclist in the 1900s and 1910s. He held the National Cyclists' Union, 25 mile title in 1909^[1] and was the English Champion for the one mile distance, in 1910.

Titles Held

• English NCU Champion (25 Miles) 1909, Open to the World
• English AAA Champion (25 Miles) 1911
• English AAA Champion (1 mile and 5 miles) 1910
• Northern Champion (1/2 mile and 1 mile) 1911
• Northern Champion (1/2 mile and 5 miles) 1910
• Midland AAA Champion (1/2 mile) 1911
• Midland NCU Champion (1/4 mile) 1908
• Midland NCU Champion (25 miles) 1909

Personal life

Between 1910 -1913, he ran a pub called Old Blue Post Hotel in Stafford.^[2] He served in the Army in 1915 aged 31.

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NCA/1/51/7/10/76 . National Cycle Archive . 8 October 2019.
2. Book: Connor . John . The Inns and Alehouses of Stafford: Through the South Gate . 2013 . Troubador Publishing . 978-1783061310 . 63 . 8 October 2019.