Peter Broeker
Race car driver, Athlete
1926 – 1980
Who was Peter Broeker?
Peter Broeker was a racing driver driver from Canada. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1963 United States Grand Prix, driving a Stebro. He finished seventh, albeit 22 laps down, and scored no championship points. According to the Toronto Star at the time: "Broeker, first Canadian ever to compete in a world championship Formula One race in a Canadian-built car, finished seventh over-all despite giving away more than 80 horsepower to the rest of the field of 21."
In 1973 Broeker wrote and published Olympic Coins: From Antiquity to the Present. He held US citizenship as well as Canadian.
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- Born
- May 15, 1926
Germany - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Nov 4, 1980
Ottawa
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on July 23, 2013
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