Professional
He turned professional in 1934 to attack place-to-place records, there being no professional road racing in Britain. He broke nine records in two years.
Later he managed the professional careers of Ken Joy and Eileen Sheridan and became manager of the Hercules professional road-race team. He had already worked for Hercules as a salesman. He was elected president of Norwood Paragon in 1953.
He died aged 59 on 1 March 1964 in Hayling Island, Hampshire.
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