Georg Meier
German motorcycle racer and racing driver (1910–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the chess player, see Georg Meier (chess player). For the German philosopher and aesthetician, see Georg Friedrich Meier.
Georg "Schorsch" Meier (German pronunciation: [ʃɔʁʃ ˈmaɪ̯ɐ] ⓘ; 9 November 1910 – 19 February 1999) was a German motorcycle racer famous for being the first foreign winner of the prestigious Senior TT, the Blue Riband race of the Isle of Man TT Races, in 1939 riding for the factory BMW team and the first motorcycle racer to lap a Grand Prix course at over 100 mph.[1]
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||
Born | (1910-11-09)9 November 1910 | ||||||||||
Died | 19 February 1999(1999-02-19) (aged 88) | ||||||||||
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