Fred "Pop" Kugler

Pop spent his lifetime in the sport of cycling as a professional racer, coach and race organizer. A champion cyclist in his own right, he became famous as the founder of the Tour of Somerville and as a trainer of national and world champions. In 1936 he won the American Pro Tandem Championship. As a coach, Pop led the American Amateur Cycling Team in a 1951 month long tour of Japan.