ridertype updated death_date birth_date proyears death_place image name amateuryears amateurteam proteam birth_place height discipline nickname role weight article_title currentteam
off road august 13 , 2008 4 july 2015 14 july 1957 1977 -- 1999 2005 -- 2006 indio , california , u.s. frameless scot breithaupt 1973 -- 1974 1975 1976 1977 1977 matthews motocross matthews motocross/yamaha dan gurney fmf se racing se racing se racing long beach , california , u.s. 1.75 m ftin on bicycle motocross -lrb- bmx -rrb- `` old man '' , `` om '' racer/promoter/manufacturer / sponsor 70.3 kg lb on scot breithaupt
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scot breithaupt

scot alexander breithaupt -lrb- july 14 , 1957 -- july 4 , 2015 -rrb- was an entrepreneur , `` old school '' professional motorcycle mx and bicycle motocross -lrb- bmx -rrb- racer and a founding father of bmx in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984 .
many consider him , in some ways , a founder of `` old school bmx '' -- an era from roughly 1969 to 1987 or 1988 , from its very beginnings to just after its first major slump in popularity from 1985 to 1988 .
racing started to rise in participation again around 1988 -- 89 and is considered the start of `` mid school bmx '' , roughly 1988 -- 2000 .
he was born in long beach , california .
