Fred Rogers
Born1 January 1929 (1929-01)
Sheffield, England
DiedNovember 2001(2001-11-00) (aged 72)
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1947Odsal
1948Newcastle
1948Yarmouth
1948–1954Norwich
1955–1956Belle Vue
Team honours
1950, 1951League champion (tier 2)
1951National Trophy (tier 2)

Fred Rogers (1 January 1929 – November 2001) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team.[1]

Biography

Rogers, born in Sheffield, began his British leagues career riding for Odsal Boomerangs during the 1947 Speedway National League.[2] On his debut he made an immediate impact in front of 17,784 fans by battling hard for three points.[3]

The following season in 1948, he rode for Newcastle Diamonds in division 2 and Yarmouth Bloaters in division 3[4] before moving from Newcastle to join the Norwich Stars.[5] He would spend six more years with Norwich from 1949 to 1954, his average peaking in 1951 at 8.38.[6] He helped Norwich win the division 2 league title in 1950 and the league and National Trophy double in 1951.[7]

He retired after the 1954 season but made a comeback after sealing a transfer to Belle Vue Aces (because he was still officially a Norwich rider) for the 1955 Speedway National League season.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "1947 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Crowd liked young Odsal rider". Bradford Observer. 28 July 1947. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Brough Speedway". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 4 April 1948. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 978-0904584509.
  8. ↑ "Rogers may join Aces". Manchester Evening News. 17 May 1955. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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