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Phil Clarke (speedway rider)

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Phil Clarke
Born1922
Norwich
Died2010 (aged 88)
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1947-1959Norwich Stars
Individual honours
1955Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1950, 1951National League Division II Champion
1955National Trophy Winner
1951National Trophy (Div 2) Winner
1951Southern Shield Winner

Phil Clarke (1922-2010) was an English speedway rider.[1]

Speedway career

Clarke was a leading speedway rider in the 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2][3]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Norwich Stars.[4][5]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Former Norwich speedway captain dies". Evening News24. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Phil Clarke". Speedway Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2021.