# Sam Dickson

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{{short description|American race car mechanic (1887–1911)}}
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'''Samuel Parker Dickson''' (May 21, 1887 in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) – May 30, 1911) was a race car [riding mechanic](/source/riding_mechanic), and the first person to be killed in the [Indianapolis 500](/source/Indianapolis_500).

He was the son of writer Maxwell E. Dickson and Martha E. Dickson.<ref name=Memorial>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=733 |title=Sam Dickson |website=Motorsport Memorial |access-date=2022-12-30}}</ref>

Dickson was buried at [Rosehill Cemetery](/source/Rosehill_Cemetery).<ref name=Memorial/>

==Indianapolis 500==
In the inaugural race, Dickson was the riding mechanic for [Arthur Greiner](/source/Arthur_Greiner), who was making his only 500 appearance. On lap twelve, one of the front wheels came off of the [American Simplex](/source/American_Simplex) car Greiner was driving, causing Greiner to lose control and both men to be thrown from the car. Dickson flew into a fence twenty feet from the car. Reports state that Dickson was killed instantly, although the crowd evidently swarmed around the body, requiring the [state militia](/source/state_militia) who were acting as security at the event to use their guns as clubs to clear a path for the attending doctors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-31-1911-3640171/ |title=Marmon Car Wins; Death Marked Race |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |page=13 |date=1911-05-31 |access-date=2022-12-30 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>

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Category:Sports deaths in Indiana
Category:Indianapolis 500
Category:Burials at Rosehill Cemetery

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