Assessment
The weekly paper, The Bicycle, said of him:
- The versatility of the great Norwood Paragonian, Frank Southall, thrilled the cycling world of the nineteen twenties and thirties. No matter what branch of the sport he turned to, road time trials, paced races on the track, road records, track records, he dominated his contemporaries. In addition to this speed, he had the personality that attracts the crowd, and any track meeting billing 'F.W.S.' versus, say, Harry Wyld (his great rival at the paced game) was certain of a packed house. Although he raced on almost every road course in this country, and competed in many events abroad... world's championships and Olympic Games... he was always at his best on his 'home ground', the Brighton Road, and his RRA record for the London to Brighton and back which he set up in 1935 (he covered the 104 hilly miles in 4h 38m 27s) still stands.
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