Jay Nash McCrea (January 15, 1887 – September 20, 1959) was an American cyclist and newspaper editor.
[4] As a result, only four cyclists were able to finish, and the rider who had been in last place for the entire event won the gold medal.
[5] The magazine Bicycling World described McCrea's style as follows: "he does not seem to be a vicious rider, but simply rides all over the track and is dangerous for that reason.
[8] He became an editor for a paper in Quincy, Illinois, in July 1917,[9] and by the end of that year was with a newspaper named The Capital.
[13][14] He was still working as a newspaperman by 1946 and was for a time the president of the American Newspaper Guild Midwest district,[15] although he listed his occupation in census records as "spiritual healer.