Eddie Smith (cyclist)

{{Short description|Australian cyclist (1926–1997)}}

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| birth_place = Canberra, Australia

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| death_place = Melbourne, Australia

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Eddie Smith (17 September 1926 – 4 July 1997) was an Australian racing cyclist. He won the Australian national road race title in 1954{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176559671 |title=Eddie Smith is champ |newspaper=The Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=7 August 1954 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} and 1955.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71672392 |title=It's our Eddie again! |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=8 August 1955 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}} Smith finished second in 1956 behind Russell Mockridge.

In 1954, he won the Goulburn to Sydney Classic, in reverse direction from Enfield to Goulburn{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28664748 |title=Big road cycle race to Smith |newspaper=The Sun-Herald |location=Sydney, NSW |date=12 September 1954 |page=37 |via=National Library of Australia}} In the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic Smith set the fastest time in 1954{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71699105 |title=Eddie breaks a record, asks: How did I win the road title? |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=3 October 1955 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} and the third fastest time in 1949.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189485338 |title=Bonney rewarded with win in classic |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=10 October 1949 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}