Marshall Taylor
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican racing cyclist (1878-1932)
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Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor was an American professional cyclist. He has been called "the first Black American global sports superstar."
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Harry T. Hearsey's bicycle shop in Downtown Indianapolis in 1896, where Taylor worked as a bicycle instructor![The earliest press image of Taylor, aged 18, from the July 6, 1895, edition of Indianapolis News[27]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Marshall_Taylor_1895.jpg/500px-Marshall_Taylor_1895.jpg)
The earliest press image of Taylor, aged 18, from the July 6, 1895, edition of Indianapolis News[27]
Madison Square Garden II (pictured in 1908) in New York City, the venue of Taylor's first professional race in 1896![Taylor with the Boston pursuit team of 1897; one of the first known photographs of an integrated American professional sports team[59]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boston_pursuit_team_1897.jpg/500px-Boston_pursuit_team_1897.jpg)
Taylor with the Boston pursuit team of 1897; one of the first known photographs of an integrated American professional sports team[59]![Taylor on the front of the November 1, 1898, edition of the French sports magazine La Vie au grand air [fr]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/LVAGA_15.jpg/1280px-LVAGA_15.jpg)
Taylor on the front of the November 1, 1898, edition of the French sports magazine La Vie au grand air [fr]
Taylor became the first Black American to win a world championship in any sport at the 1899 track world championships at the Vélodrome de Queen's Park in Montreal, Canada.
Taylor racing against Edmond Jacquelin at Paris' Parc des Princes in 1901Awards 2
Connected to Marshall 6
Sheila YoungAlso won United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
Davis PhinneyAlso won United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
Andrew HampstenAlso won United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
Connie Carpenter-PhinneyAlso won United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
Eric HeidenAlso won United States Bicycling Hall of FameBurton DowningAlso won United States Bicycling Hall of FameAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1932 · aged 53
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