Ernie Pye

Ernest Alfred Pye (25 April 1880 – 10 March 1923) was a professional track cyclist^[3] and Australian rules football player.

Ernie Pye
Personal information
Full name	Ernest Alfred Pye
Date of birth	(1880-04-25)25 April 1880
Place of birth	Swan Hill, Victoria
Date of death	10 March 1923(1923-03-10) (aged 42)
Place of death	Newark, New Jersey, United States[1][2]
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1903	St Kilda	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Australian rules football

Ernie Pye started his sports career as an allround athlete, during which he was active as an Australian rules footballer and played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[4]

Cycling career

But Pye really excelled in cycling. In 1902 and 1903 he won the Australian Natives' Association Wheel race and, after moving to the United States he would find success as a professional track cyclist racing in some of the most prestigious Six-day races of the time with wins in Salt Lake City and top placings in the Six Days of Boston and New York in which he partnered with champions like Alfred Grenda. After his active career he managed the Salt Palace Track in Salt Lake City, before dying in 1923 in Newark.^[1]

Palmares

1902

1st A.N.A. Wheel race

1903

1st A.N.A. Wheel race

1906

6th Six Days of New York, with Jack Clark

1911

6th Six Days of New York, with Elmer Collins

1912

3rd Six Days of Boston, with John Bedell

6th Six Days of New York, with Alfred Granda