Louis Disbrow (1876–1939) was an American racecar driver.

Life

He was born on September 23, 1876, in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. Disbrow came from a wealthy family. He was indicted for the 1902 murders of Sarah "Dimples" Lawrence and Clarence Foster in Good Ground, but found not guilty at trial in 1903. He was then hired by a neighbouring family as a chauffeur mechanic for

Joan Newton Cuneo Joan Newton Cuneo (born Joan Carter Newton, July 22, 1876 – March 24, 1934) was an American racing driver. Between 1905 and 1912, Cuneo was successful in races against both male and female racers until the racing associations restricted races ...

, an early US woman racing driver. Disbrow raced in the first four Indianapolis 500s, with a best finish of 8th in

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

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1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

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1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

American Grand Prizes. He died on July 9, 1939, at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Indy 500 results

References

1876 births 1939 deaths Grand Prix drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Racing drivers from New York City People from Richmond Hill, Queens {{US-autoracing-bio-stub Racing drivers from New York (state) Sportspeople from Queens, New York