Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.
Edward Carl Eddie Bald (1874–1946) was an American automobile racing driver who was retroactively awarded the 1907 National Championship in 1951 and was a champion bicycle racer in the 1890s nicknamed The Cannon.As a cyclist Bald rode and promoted Columbia Bicycles. In 1904 Bald spent time at the Columbia factory learning about automobiles. Late that year he was part of the team which re-took the Chicago to New York record of 58 hrs 35 min in a Columbia car.