Volgens de Wielersite viert de Canadese ex-wielrenner Douglas Péron morgen bij leven en welzijn zijn 105de verjaardag. Volgens de website Significant people van de ex-veldrijder Kris Westwood zou hij echter reeds in 1988 overleden zijn. Aangezien Kris zelf een Canadees is, ben ik geneigd hem te geloven, maar ik durf hierboven toch niet zo maar “Douglas Péron (1917-1988)” zetten, want stel dat de mens nog leeft, dan is-ie in staat ter plekke dood te vallen als hij dit leest…
Zijn zoon, Douglas Péron jr., schrijft op de Wielersite het volgende: “My father was training with Albert Schelstraete at Albert’s velodrome. He was 24 years old at the time and was training for the 1000 meter time trial. He had for a limited period the Canadian track record for this amateur event. Plus he had won the Québec-Montréal race that same summer. He won this 250 km race three times during his road racing career (i.e. the LaPress Trophy became his most important trophy).
He had dedicated more than forty years towards amateur & professional cycling as either the President or Secretary of the CWA, as coach of the track & road teams for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, as judge for 6-day bike races and for road races throughout Ontario & Québec, etc.
Besides cycling, he practiced many other amateur sports like gymnastics (vault, iron rings & parallel bars), boxing (welter wt.) and hockey (defenseman). His philosophy was very straigthforward; to enjoy life, you had to have a sport per season.”
dagelijks iets degelijks 