Tom Cole (racing driver)
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Thomas Lionel Howard Cole, Jr. (11 June 1922 – 14 June 1953), also known as Tom Cole or Tommy Cole, was a British-American racing driver and co-creator of the Cadillac-Allard sports car. Afflicted by childhood polio, he served in non-combat roles in World War II, and then took up rallying, hillclimbing, and sports car racing full-time after the war. He died, aged 31, in a crash while driving in the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Nationality | British American | ||||||||||
Born | Thomas Lionel Howard Cole, Jr. (1922-06-11)11 June 1922 Llandaff, South Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||
Died | 14 June 1953(1953-06-14) (aged 31) Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France | ||||||||||
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