Keith Rowley (cyclist)

Keith Rowley
Personal information
Full name	Keith Rowley
Born	1919 (1919)
Died	1982 (aged 62–63) Sale
Team information
Role	Rider

Keith Rowley (1919-1982) was an Australian racing cyclist.

Career highlights

1947: 1st Australian national road race title ^[1]; 1st and Blue Riband in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic ^[1]
1948: 2nd and 2nd fastest Tour of Gippsland ^[2]
1949: 2nd Australian long distance title of 187 miles
1950: 1st Australian national road race title ^[3]; 2nd in Stage 1 part b Tour of the West, Dubbo; 1st in Stage 5 part a Tour of the West, Penrith; 2nd in Stage 5 part b Tour of the West, Sydney; 3rd in General Classification Tour of the West
1951: 8th in General Classification Tour of the West
1952: 1st in General Classification Herald Sun Tour; 3rd in Stage 5 'Sun' Tour of Victoria Maffra, Victoria; 1st in General Classification 'Sun' Tour of Victoria

Australian professional cycling career

He twice won the Australian national road race title in 1947, by winning a sprint point 150 miles (240 km) into the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic^[1] and in 1950 by winning the first championship race over 125 miles (201 km) at Cronulla, NSW.^[3]

Rowley also won the Blue Riband for the fastest time in the Melbourne to Warrnambool in 1947.^[1]

Keith's brother Max Rowley was also a successful cyclist, winning the Blue Riband for the fastest time in the Warrnambool in 1950 and 3rd in the Australian national road race in 1948 and 1952. Max and Keith finished 1st and fastest and 2nd and 2nd fastest respectively in the 1948 Tour of Gippsland.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Rowley's double in big event". The Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 18 October 1947. p. 4.
1 2 "Rowleys take cycle honors". The Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 11 September 1948. p. 6.
1 2 "Cycling to Rowley". The Sun-Herald (Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia). 24 September 1950. p. 11 Section: Sports Section.

External links

Keith Rowley profile at Cycling Archives

Australian National Road Race Champions (men)

1900–1919	A Ralston (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianta (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)

1920–1939	Phil O'Shea (1922-1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936-1937) Dean Toseland (1938-1939)

1940–1959	Keith Rowley (1947) Keith McFarlane (1948) Alby Saunders (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)

1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)

1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Eddy Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)

2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016)

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