Edward Carl Bald (January 27, 1874 – July 1, 1946) was an American cyclist and automobile racing driver who was retroactively declared the 1907 AAA National Champion in 1951 by negationist sportswriter Russ Catlin.

Late that year, he was part of a motoring team which captured the Chicago-to-New York driving record.

Along with Bald were drivers Bert Holcomb (who was in charge of the run), Lawrence Duffie (Demonstrator of the Gasoline Dept of Electric Vehicle Company, which manufactured Columbia cars), Harry Sandol, and Ray Harroun.

Bald was born in Buffalo, New York, on January 27, 1874[3] and died in Pittsburgh on July 1, 1946, at the age of 72.

[2] Bald married Joan Seeley (born October 4, 1873) in 1909 and they had one son, Edward Jr., on August 11, 1912.