Peter Brotherton
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| Born | 4 February 1931 Boston, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Track cyclist | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Brotherton (born 4 February 1931) in Boston, Lincolnshire, is a former British racing cyclist. He competed in UK cycling time trials, road races and track cycling events. Following success, Brotherton was selected to represent Great Britain at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships & Olympic Games.
After competing at the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia, along with his wife, they both decided to emigrate, and settled in Melbourne. He continued to compete, in track cycling carnival events, and in 1957, he won the Bendigo Golden Mile wheelrace, beating Russell Mockridge into second place. The following season (1958) he teamed up with Sid Patterson to win the Sydney 6 Day track cycling event. A change of partner (Don Burgess) and the Melbourne Milk 6 Day ended in a 3rd[1] place finish. After retiring from cycle racing, Brotherton began building road and track cycle frames, using the brand name "Petrus".[2]
Cycling results
[edit]| Date | Event | Location | Details | Result | Winner |
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| May 1953 | Manchester Grand Prix | Fallowfield | 1000m Sprint | 3rd[3] |  Cyril Peacock (GBR)
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| June 1953 | Brighton Grand Prix | Brighton, Sussex | 1000m Sprint | 1st[4] | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| July 1953 | British Championships | Unknown venue | 4000m Individual Pursuit | 2nd[5] | Ken Mitchell (GBR)
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| July 1953 | British Championships | Unknown venue | 2000m Tandem Sprint | 1st[6] | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| June 1956 | Muratti Gold Cup | Fallowfield | 10.00 miles Scratch Race | 3rd[7] | Clive Middleton (GBR)
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| March 1957 | Bendigo Golden Mile Wheelrace | Bendigo | 1.00 mile | 1st[8] | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| Oct 2-8th 1958 | Sydney 6-Day with Sid Patterson | Sydney, NSW | 6 Days | 1st[9] | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| November 1959 | Melbourne 6-Day with Don Burgess | Essendon | 6 Days | 3rd[1] |  Reynolds-Patterson (AUS)
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Archives, Cycling. "Melbourne, Six Days 1959". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Petrus". 28 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Manchester, Sprint, Amateurs 1953". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Brighton, Amateurs 1953". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Amateurs,, Great Britain 1953". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "National Championship, Track, Tandem, Amateurs, Great Britain 1953". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Manchester, Amateurs 1955". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Bendigo, Amateurs 1957". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Sydney, Six Days 1958". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- 1931 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- British male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Boston, Lincolnshire
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Cyclists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century British sportsmen
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- English track cyclists
- British track cyclists