Bryan Elliott (12 April 1930 – 27 November 2015) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1] He earned 6 international caps for the England national speedway team.[2]
Speedway career
Bryan Elliott reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1954 to 1965, riding for various clubs; between June 1957 and September 1961 he rode in 148 consecutive matches.[4][5][6]
After riding for Coventry Bees for three seasons from 1962 to 1964,[7] he joined Halifax Dukes for the 1965 season.[8]
He later emigrated to Australia, where he died on 27 November 2015.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1960 -
London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 0pts
References
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Elliott rides for Bees at Oxford". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 6 April 1964. Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Coventry's unchanged line-up". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 September 1965. Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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