Roger Mills (speedway rider)
Appearance
Born | c. 1950 England |
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Nationality | England |
Current club information | |
Career status | Retired |
Career history | |
1968 | Leicester Lions |
1969-1970 | Middlesbrough Teessiders |
1971-1973 | Long Eaton Rangers |
1971 | Hackney Hawks |
1972 | King's Lynn Stars |
1973 | Newport Wasps |
Roger Mills (born c.1950) is a retired British motorcycle speedway rider.
Mills rode in two matches for Sheffield Tigers and Long Eaton Archers in 1967 before joining the newly formed Leicester Lions in 1968.[1] He rode in seventeen British League Division One matches for Leicester that year, averaging 2.58, dropping down to the second division in 1969 with Middlesbrough Teessiders, for whom he averaged over 7 points in two seasons there.[2] In 1971, wanting to ride for a team closer to his home, he moved to Long Eaton Rangers, for whom he continued to score highly until his retirement at the end of the 1973 season.[1][3]
Mills represented Great Britain at junior level and England at Division Two level.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 173
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1991) The Complete History of the British League, Front Page Books, ISBN 0-948882-07-7, p. 35 (Division Two section)
- ^ Bott, Richard (1972) The Champions Book of Speedway No. 3, Stanley Paul, ISBN 978-0091120207