Roland Mallo,27, Flint,Michigan, automobile racer, was fatally injured in a sprint car race at the Michigan state fair. His machine blew a tire and crashed through a fence, knocking off and slightly injuring four spectators who were sitting on top of it.
Roland was laid to rest on 09/16/1931.
Motorsport Memorial: Roland Mallo, 27 years of age, was fatally injured in a dirt-track race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds on Saturday, 12 September 1931. His machine blew a tire and crashed through a fence, knocking off and slightly injuring four spectators who were sitting on top of it. The driver succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
Mallo was a Flint, Michigan, resident. His parents, Fred and Ella (Geiger) Mallo, moved there before Roland was six. He had an older sister, Ruth, and younger siblings Berneata and Jesse.
Mallo was married on 11 September 1927 to Sarah Coralyn Smith in Flint. In 1930, the couple, still living in Flint, had one child, Lavonne, aged one year. They had a second child, Lucille Allison Mallo, born in November 1930. Roland was working in an automobile garage as a "metal bumper."
His name is reported to be Roland G. Mallo, Rolland Mallo or Roland Malta, depending on the source, but the census records are consistent with Mallo as being his last name.
Roland was laid to rest on 09/16/1931.
Motorsport Memorial: Roland Mallo, 27 years of age, was fatally injured in a dirt-track race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds on Saturday, 12 September 1931. His machine blew a tire and crashed through a fence, knocking off and slightly injuring four spectators who were sitting on top of it. The driver succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
Mallo was a Flint, Michigan, resident. His parents, Fred and Ella (Geiger) Mallo, moved there before Roland was six. He had an older sister, Ruth, and younger siblings Berneata and Jesse.
Mallo was married on 11 September 1927 to Sarah Coralyn Smith in Flint. In 1930, the couple, still living in Flint, had one child, Lavonne, aged one year. They had a second child, Lucille Allison Mallo, born in November 1930. Roland was working in an automobile garage as a "metal bumper."
His name is reported to be Roland G. Mallo, Rolland Mallo or Roland Malta, depending on the source, but the census records are consistent with Mallo as being his last name.
Roland Mallo,27, Flint,Michigan, automobile racer, was fatally injured in a sprint car race at the Michigan state fair. His machine blew a tire and crashed through a fence, knocking off and slightly injuring four spectators who were sitting on top of it.
Roland was laid to rest on 09/16/1931.
Motorsport Memorial: Roland Mallo, 27 years of age, was fatally injured in a dirt-track race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds on Saturday, 12 September 1931. His machine blew a tire and crashed through a fence, knocking off and slightly injuring four spectators who were sitting on top of it. The driver succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
Mallo was a Flint, Michigan, resident. His parents, Fred and Ella (Geiger) Mallo, moved there before Roland was six. He had an older sister, Ruth, and younger siblings Berneata and Jesse.
Mallo was married on 11 September 1927 to Sarah Coralyn Smith in Flint. In 1930, the couple, still living in Flint, had one child, Lavonne, aged one year. They had a second child, Lucille Allison Mallo, born in November 1930. Roland was working in an automobile garage as a "metal bumper."
His name is reported to be Roland G. Mallo, Rolland Mallo or Roland Malta, depending on the source, but the census records are consistent with Mallo as being his last name.
Roland was laid to rest on 09/16/1931.
Motorsport Memorial: Roland Mallo, 27 years of age, was fatally injured in a dirt-track race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds on Saturday, 12 September 1931. His machine blew a tire and crashed through a fence, knocking off and slightly injuring four spectators who were sitting on top of it. The driver succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
Mallo was a Flint, Michigan, resident. His parents, Fred and Ella (Geiger) Mallo, moved there before Roland was six. He had an older sister, Ruth, and younger siblings Berneata and Jesse.
Mallo was married on 11 September 1927 to Sarah Coralyn Smith in Flint. In 1930, the couple, still living in Flint, had one child, Lavonne, aged one year. They had a second child, Lucille Allison Mallo, born in November 1930. Roland was working in an automobile garage as a "metal bumper."
His name is reported to be Roland G. Mallo, Rolland Mallo or Roland Malta, depending on the source, but the census records are consistent with Mallo as being his last name.
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