INCREDIBLE RARE SIGNED PHOTO OF REG HARRIS1949 (GB CYCLING HERO)

INCREDIBLE RARE SIGNED PHOTO OF REG HARRIS1949 (GB CYCLING HERO) (image 1/2)
INCREDIBLE RARE SIGNED PHOTO OF REG HARRIS1949 (GB CYCLING HERO) (image 2/2)
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RARE REG HARRIS ORIGINAL SIGNATURE AND PHOTO 1949 FORGET BRADLEY WIGGINS,WHEN THE LAST LONDON OLYMPICS TOOK PLACE (1948) REG HARRIS WAS A VERY DIFFERENT BRITISH CYCLING HERO.REG HARRIS WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN THE 1940s AND 1950s .HARRIS WON FIVE WORLD SPRINT TITLES,TWO OLYMPIC MEDALS AND BROKE SEVERAL WORLD RECORDS.HE WAS TWICE NAMED SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR,A PRECURSOR TO THE BBCs SPORTS PERSONALITYAWARD. HE DOMINATED HIS SPORT LIKE NO BRITON,AND EVEN HAS A BRONZE STATUE THAT OVERLOOKS THE MANCHESTER VELODROME AN AGE WHERE THOUSANDS STILL CYCLED TO WORK AND FOR PLEASURE,HARRIS WAS VERY FAMOUS AND ADMIRED.HE RACED NEARLY EVERY WEEKEND IN FRONT OF HUGE AUDIENCES BOTH HOME AND ABROAD.HIS LIKENESS SPEND A DECADE IN MADAME TUSSAUDS SUCH WAS HIS POPULARITY. LIKE WIGGINS, HARRIS WAS FROM A HUMBLE BACKGROUND ,HOWEVER THE LATTER IS A RELUNTANT HERO AND SHUNS PUBLICITY,HARRIS COULD NOT GET ENOUGH AND OFTEN COULD BE SEEN IN THE FINEST OF RESTAURANTS AND DRINKING THE FINEST OF WINES. TO ADD TO HIS FAME,HARRIS WAS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST RACING CAR DRIVERS IN GB. HE TURNED PRO AND WAS SPONSPERED BY RALEIGH CYCLES THIS IS A RARE OPPURTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF CYCLING HISTORY.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLS E MAIL ME.
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