Alfred Moss

Alfred Ethelbert Moss (30 May 1896 – 23 April 1972) was an English dentist and racing driver.

Born in Kensington, London, Moss was the son of Sarah Jane and Abraham Moses Moss. His father was Jewish,[1] while his mother was a Christian.[2]

A 1919 AV

Moss became a successful London dentist, and from his mid-twenties he was also an enthusiastic competition driver, beginning his racing career at the Essex Motor Club's Winter Trial in 1921 driving a 1000 cc AV cyclecar. He was disqualified for seeking help after his rear tyres had burst twice. His AV later caught fire in Park Lane, and Moss then acquired a GN cyclecar, with which he enjoyed success in trials and hillclimbs, and which he raced at Brooklands. In 1922, he bought and began to race a Crouch Le Mans sports car which had no front brakes.[3] In the 1924 Indianapolis 500, he placed 14th[4] or 16th (sources differ) in a Fronty Ford.[5]

Moss met his future wife, Aileen Craufurd, at Brooklands. She had been an ambulance driver in the First World War, and also did some racing.[3] They were married at St Marylebone in 1928[6] and were the parents of the Formula One driver Stirling Moss and the rallying champion Pat Moss.[4]

Moss died aged 75 in Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on the 10th anniversary of his son being seriously injured in a car racing crash at Goodwood.[5]

Indianapolis 500 results
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References
  1. Jewish groups condemn FIA boss over 'Nazi' sex claims
  3. Stuart Turner, Harnessing Horsepower: The Pat Moss Carlsson Story, p. 6
  4. "The Sport:Alfred Moss". Autocar. Vol. 136 (nbr 3967). 27 April 1972. p. 26.
  5. P. R. H. Newsome, "Alfred Moss, the Dentist Who Became a Champion Race-Car Driver" in Bulletin of the History of Dentistry (American Academy of the History of Dentistry, 1988), pp. 22–25
  6. "MOSS Alfred E / Craufurd Nora A" in Register of Marriages for Marylebone Registration District, vol. 1a (1928), p. 1041


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