 Albert Crossley was born on July 6th, 1903 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Al was a skilled bike racer and was soon winning amateur bike races at the outdoor tracks in New England and New York. In 1929, he started six-day racing at the age of 21 and completed 12 years as a rugged professional six-day racer until 1940. In the early 1930s, Al was the New England sprint champion while riding on tracks of his home base of Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. During his career, he started 89 six-day races, completing 78 of them. Crossley's most successful racing year was in 1935 when at the age of 28, he competed in 11 six-day races and won four of them. Of his 10 overall six-day wins, seven of them came when he was teamed with 2008 U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmy Walthour, who was his partner for 36 six-day races. Other Hall of Fame racing partners included Charlie Winter, Bobby Walthour Jr., Norman Hill, William Cecil Yates and Freddie Spencer. Crossley competed in six-day races on tracks from coast to coast as well as in Europe. His favorite racing cities were Montreal with 13 races, followed by New York, Chicago, Toronto, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Crossley's career results included 10 victories, 15 second places, 17 thirds and 16 times finishing fourth. The only American racer ranked ahead of Crossley on the all-time six-day race results list is Jimmy Walthour. Al Crossley, one of the greatest American six-day racers ever.