Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton, Colin Pratt, Bobby Ham, Len Silver, John Louis, Reg Fearman, Oliver Hart, Frank Arthur. Excerpt: Arthur Atkinson Arthur Atkinson (born 1911) was a former international motorcycle speedway rider and promoter who appeared in the first Speedway World Championship final in 1936. Career After early meetings at Halifax and Leeds in 1929, Atkinson joined the Wembley Lions in 1930. The team won the Southern League but in the last league meeting of the season Atkinson was left unconscious after a crash. He missed the whole of the 1931 season after a dispute with Wembley but in 1932 he joined the West Ham Hammers . In 1937 the Hammers won the National League Championshipand in 1938 they won the ACU Cup. Atkinson remained with Hammers until the outbreak of World War II . 1936 saw Atkinson selected for England against Australia in the test series and was a regular up to the war. After the war he managed the West Ham Hammers alongside Stan Greatrex from 1946 until 1949. In 1950 Atkinson and his wife 'Tippy' became promoters at the newly formed Rayleigh Rockets . Whilst promoting at Rayleigh he returned to riding again, for West Ham, but the twelve years away from competitive riding showed in his scoring. In 1952 he was signed by the Harringay Racers for 80 and scored reasonably well but after a poor start to 1953 Atkinson retired from racing for ever. World final appearances References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Sir Arthur Elvin MBE (born 5 July 1899 Norwich, England - 4 February 1957) left school at the age of fourteen. After a few different jobs joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War . Elvin was shot down over France a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speedway Promoters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton. To get started finding Speedway Promoters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
54
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155278267
Speedway Promoters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton, Colin Pratt, Bobby Ham, Len Silver, John Louis, Reg Fearman, Oliver Hart, Frank Arthur. Excerpt: Arthur Atkinson Arthur Atkinson (born 1911) was a former international motorcycle speedway rider and promoter who appeared in the first Speedway World Championship final in 1936. Career After early meetings at Halifax and Leeds in 1929, Atkinson joined the Wembley Lions in 1930. The team won the Southern League but in the last league meeting of the season Atkinson was left unconscious after a crash. He missed the whole of the 1931 season after a dispute with Wembley but in 1932 he joined the West Ham Hammers . In 1937 the Hammers won the National League Championshipand in 1938 they won the ACU Cup. Atkinson remained with Hammers until the outbreak of World War II . 1936 saw Atkinson selected for England against Australia in the test series and was a regular up to the war. After the war he managed the West Ham Hammers alongside Stan Greatrex from 1946 until 1949. In 1950 Atkinson and his wife 'Tippy' became promoters at the newly formed Rayleigh Rockets . Whilst promoting at Rayleigh he returned to riding again, for West Ham, but the twelve years away from competitive riding showed in his scoring. In 1952 he was signed by the Harringay Racers for 80 and scored reasonably well but after a poor start to 1953 Atkinson retired from racing for ever. World final appearances References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Sir Arthur Elvin MBE (born 5 July 1899 Norwich, England - 4 February 1957) left school at the age of fourteen. After a few different jobs joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War . Elvin was shot down over France a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speedway Promoters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton. To get started finding Speedway Promoters: Johnnie Hoskins, Arthur Elvin, Trevor Redmond, Frank Varey, Eric Boocock, Arthur Atkinson, Jan O. Pedersen, Chris Morton, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.