Six Days of Chicago explained

Six Days of Chicago
Region:Chicago, United States
Discipline:Track
Type:Six-day race
Number:50
Firstwinner: Oscar Egg
Francesco Verri
Mostwins: Gustav Kilian (6 wins)

The Six Days of Chicago was a six-day cycling event, held in Chicago, Illinois between 1915 and 1957. It took place fifty times during that period, as two editions were often held in one year.[1] Gustav Kilian holds the record for most wins with a total of six, between 1935 and 1939.

Roll of honor

EditionWinnersSecondThird
1915 (1) Oscar Egg
Francesco Verri
Jimmy Moran
Reginald McNamara
Clarence Carman
Frank Corry
1915 (2) William Hanley
Percy Lawrence
Martin Ryan
Lloyd Thomas
Gordon Walker
Robert Walthour
1916 Robert Spears
Reginald McNamara
Percy Lawrence
Jake Magin
George Cameron
Harry Kaiser
1917 Francesco Verri
Reginald McNamara
Frank Corry
Jake Magin
Peter Drobach
Eddy Madden
1918-1920Not held
1921 (1) Jake Magin
Eddy Madden
Alfred Hill
Ernest Kockler
Willy Lorenz
Fred Weber
1921 (2) Jake Magin
Eddy Madden
Bob Fitzimmons
Harry Horan
Ray Eaton
Harry Kaiser
1922 (1) Alfred Goullet
Ernest Kockler
Willy Coburn
Dave Lands
William Hanley
Lloyd Thomas
1922 (2) Willy Coburn
Dave Lands
Percy Lawrence
Lloyd Thomas
Cesar Debaets
Alois Persyn
1923 (1) Oscar Egg
Maurice Brocco
Alfred Goullet
Bob Walthour
Harry Horan
Lloyd Thomas
1923 (2) Carl Stockholm
Ernest Kockler
Willy Coburn
Maurice Brocco
Percy Lawrence
Joe Kopsky
1924 (1) Oscar Egg
Alfred Grenda
Carl Stockholm
Ernest Kockler
Maurice Declerck
Eddy Madden
1924 (2) Harry Horan
Bob Walthour
Maurice Declerck
Alfred Taylor
Henri Stockelynck
Franco Giorgetti
1925 (1) Reginald McNamara
Bob Walthour
Henri Stockelynck
Alfons Goossens
Harry Horan
Eddy Madden
1925 (2) Fred Spencer
Bob Walthour
Harry Horan
Harris Horder
Reginald McNamara
Alfons Goossens
1926 (1) Reginald McNamara
Bob Walthour
Fred Spencer
Franco Giorgetti
Henri Stockelynck
Alfons Goossens
1926 (2) Dave Lands
Otto Petri
Anthony Beckman
Charles Winter
Reginald McNamara
Alfons Goossens
1927 (1) Carl Stockholm
Franco Giorgetti
Fred Spencer
Charles Winter
Harry Horan
Eddy Madden
1927 (2) Bob Walthour
Franco Giorgetti
Klaas van Nek
Alfons Goossens
Carl Stockholm
Fred Spencer
1928 (1) Anthony Beckman
Gerard Debaets
Fred Spencer
Bob Walthour
Klaas van Nek
Dave Lands
1928 (2) Piet van Kempen
Mike Rodak
William Fenn Jr
Bob Walthour
George Dempsey
Gerard Debaets
1928 (3) Franz Duelberg
Jimmy Walthour
Paul Broccardo
Alfred Letourneur
Anthony Beckman
Franco Giorgetti
1929 (1) Franz Duelberg
Franco Giorgetti
Paul Broccardo
Alfred Letourneur
Willie Grimm
Dave Lands
1929 (2) Reginald McNamara
Gaetano Belloni
Paul Broccardo
Alfred Letourneur
Franz Duelberg
Viktor Rausch
1930 (1) Anthony Beckman
Gerard Debaets
Paul Broccardo
Alfonso Zucchetti
Fred Spencer
Charles Winter
1930 (2) Marcel Guimbretiere
Alfred Letourneur
Paul Broccardo
Franco Giorgetti
Adolphe Charlier
Roger De Neef
1931 (1) Willie Grimm
Emil Richli
Marcel Guimbretiere
Alfred Letourneur
Reginald McNamara
Charles Winter
1931 (2) Franz Duelberg
Willie Grimm
Marcel Guimbretiere
Alfred Letourneur
Franco Giorgetti
Gerard Debaets
1932 (1) Jan Pijnenburg
Adolphe Van Nevele
Marcel Guimbretiere
Alfred Letourneur
Reginald McNamara
Harry Horan
1932 (2) Jules Audy
William Peden
Alfredo Binda
Norman Hill
Gerard Debaets
Alfred Letourneur
1933 (1) Gerard Debaets
Alfred Letourneur
Jules Audy
Willie Grimm
Henri Lepage
Prudent Delille
1933 (2) Ewald Wissel
Jimmy Walthour
Alfred Letourneur
William Peden
George Dempsey
Robert Thomas
1934 (1) Tony Shaller
William Peden
Tino Reboli
Edoardo Severgnini
Reginald McNamara
Dave Lands
1934 (2) Gerard Debaets
Alfred Letourneur
Jack Schaller
Robert Thomas
Jerry Rodman
Cecil Yates
1935 (1) Franco Giorgetti
Alfred Letourneur
Tino Reboli
Robert Thomas
Ernst Bühler
Tony Shaller
1935 (2) Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vopel
Jerry Rodman
Alfred Hill
Jules Audy
William Peden
1936 (1) Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vopel
Jules Audy
William Peden
Jerry Rodman
Robert Thomas
1936 (2) Emile Diot
Emile Ignat
Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vopel
Jerry Rodman
Cecil Yates
1937 (1) Emile Diot
Emile Ignat
Alvaro Giorgetti
Cor Wals
Jules Audy
William Peden
1937 (2) Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vopel
Emile Diot
Emile Ignat
Douglas Peden
William Peden
1938 (1) Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vopel
Douglas Peden
William Peden
Tino Reboli
Gerard Debaets
1938 (2) Omer De Bruycker
Alfred Letourneur
Douglas Peden
William Peden
Tino Reboli
Gerard Debaets
1938 (3) Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vopel
Douglas Peden
William Peden
Marcel Guimbretiere
Gerard Debaets
1939 (1) Gustav Kilian
Robert Thomas
Heinz Vopel
Cecil Yates
Douglas Peden
William Peden
1939 (2) Douglas Peden
William Peden
Cecil Yates
Jerry Rodman
Jules Audy
Henry O'Brien
1940 Cecil Yates
William Peden
Douglas Peden
Archie Bollaert
Charles Bergna
Angelo De Bacco
1941Not held
1942 Cecil Yates
Douglas Peden
Charles Bergna
Angelo De Bacco
Charly Yaccino
William Peden
1943-1945Not held
1946 Erwin Pesek
Tino Reboli
Michael Abt
Rene Cyr
Bill Jacoby
Charly Yaccino
1947 Bill Anderson
Stanley Bransgrove
Bill Jacoby
Alfred Letourneur
Erwin Pesek
Charly Yaccino
1948 Walter Diggelmann
Hugo Koblet
Roger De Corte
André Maelbrancke
Erwin Pesek
Charly Yaccino
1949-1956Not held
1957 Peter Post
Harm Smits
Erwin Pesek
Ted Ernst
Mino De Rossi
Jack Heid

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6 jours de Chicago (États-Unis). mémoire-du-cyclisme.net. 5 March 2022.