Eddie Arcaro was born
George Edward Arcaro on
February 19,
1916 in
Cincinatti, Ohio, in the
United States, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. Small in stature, Eddie would go on to become one of the greatest
thoroughbred horse-racing jockeys in the history of American racing. He is the only
jockey[?] to win two
Triple Crowns in Thoroughbred Racing. He performed the feat in
1941[?] on
Whirlaway[?] and again in
1948[?] on
Citation[?].
In addition, he won the Kentucky Derby three additional times, and the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes six additional times. In 1958 was elected to the National Horse Racing Hall of Fame[?]. His nickname was "Banana Nose."
Eddie Arcaro died on November 4, 1997.