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Gerry Hussey

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Gerry Hussey
Born1933
Died6 March 1959
Rowley Park Speedway, South Australia
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1954-1955West Ham Hammers
1956Norwich Stars
1958Leicester Hunters
Individual honours
1956, 1958Speedway World Championship finalist

Gerry Hussey (1933–1959) was an international speedway rider from England.[1]

Speedway career

Hussey reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for various clubs.[3] Hussey died on 6 March 1959, following a crash in a midget car race at Rowley Park Speedway in South Australia on March 6, 1959.[4]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Midget Troubles". Speedway Museum online. Retrieved 6 July 2021.