Read the bio below and try to give details on eddie arcaro 's: - honours - updated - death date - horses - race - awards - birth date - name - image - birth place - occupation Bio: george edward arcaro -lrb- february 19 , 1916 -- november 14 , 1997 -rrb- , known professionally as eddie arcaro , was an american thoroughbred horse racing hall of fame jockey who won more american classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the u.s. triple crown twice . he is widely regarded as the greatest jockey in the history of american thoroughbred horse racing . arcaro was born in cincinnati , ohio , the son of an impoverished taxi driver . his parents , pasquale and josephine , were italian immigrants and his father held a number of jobs , including taxi driver and operator of an illegal liquor enterprise during prohibition . arcaro was born prematurely , and weighed just three pounds at birth ; because of this , he was smaller than his classmates and was rejected when he tried out for a spot on a baseball team . his full height would reach just five-foot , two inches . eventually nicknamed '' banana nose '' by his confreres , arcaro won his first race in 1932 at the agua caliente racetrack in tijuana , mexico ; he was 16 years old . in 1934 , the inaugural year of narragansett park , arcaro was a comparative unknown who rode many of his early career races at ' gansett .
- honours is united eddie arcaro stakes at hialeah park states racing hall of fame -lrb- 1958 -rrb-- updated is january 16 , 2007- death date is 14 november 1997- horses is whirlaway challedon , kelso , nashua , mark-ye-well , hill prince , , bold ruler , sword dancer , real delight citation , ponder , hoop jr. ,- race is jockey stakes -lrb- 9 -rrb- suburban handicap -lrb- 8 -rrb- kentucky club oaks -lrb- 4 -rrb- kentucky derby -lrb- 5 -rrb- preakness gold stakes -lrb- 6 -rrb- belmont stakes -lrb- 6 -rrb- cup -lrb- 10 -rrb- wood memorial- awards is united united states champion jockey by earnings -lrb- 1940 , 1942 states , 1948 , 1950 , 1952 , 1958 -rrb- george triple woolf memorial jockey award -lrb- 1953 -rrb- big sport of crown turfdom award -lrb- 1974 -rrb- -lrb- 1941 , 1948 -rrb-- birth date is 19 february 1916- name is eddie arcaro- image is eddie arcaro.jpg- birth place is cincinnati , ohio , united states- occupation is jockey