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The AA to ZZ of Speedway
We asked you to find a full set of riders whose forename and surname started with the same letter.
Unsurprisingly, nobody managed to complete the full set with the letters F, I, Q, U, X, Y and Z
proving to be particularly troublesome.
The only claims on those letters were for the following riders: Frank Facher; Ferenc Farkosz; Irving Irvinger
and Zdzislaw Zerdzinski - none of whom we'd ever heard of previously.
The best effort came from Joe Andrews with a quite brilliant 22 letters completed. If you doubt that any of the 22 riders
existed, as we initially did, then a quick search on google will set you right!
The submitted entries are shown below.
We're not really after any more full lists, but if you can find any riders for QQ, UU, XX or YY then
drop us an email at speedwayplus@hotmail.com
| Joe Andrews (22) |
| A | Anders Andersen |
| B | Bobby Beaton |
| C | Col Cottrell |
| D | Daniel Davidsson |
| E | Eric Eadon |
| F | Frank Facher |
| G | Gary Guglielmi |
| H | Hasse Holmqvist |
| I | Irving Irvinger |
| J | Jesper Jensen |
| K | Krzysztof Kasprzak |
| L | Leigh Lanham |
| M | Mikael Max |
| N | Nick Nicholaides |
| O | Ole Olsen |
| P | Peter Prinsloo |
| Q | |
| R | Roar Richvaldsen |
| S | Simon Stead |
| T | Tomas Topinka |
| U | |
| V | Vaclav Verner |
| W | Willie Wilson |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | Zdzislaw Zerdzinski |
| Tracy Holmes (20) |
| A | Alexej Antonov (Bulgaria, 71 World Cup) |
| B | Bruno Bulau (East Germany, 66 world Cup) |
| C | Col Cottrell (Coventry) |
| D | Doug Davies (South Africa) |
| E | Eric Eijbergen (Holland, 99 and 2000 World Cup) |
| F | Ferenc Farkosz (Hungary, 79 and 80 World Cup) |
| G | Gordon Guasco (Australia) |
| H | Hasse Holmqvist (Sweden) |
| I | |
| J | Janos Jakab (Hungary, mid 70s World Cup) |
| K | Krzysztof Kasprza (Poland)k |
| L | Louis Lawson (England) |
| M | Michal Makovsky (CZ) |
| N | Nedjelko Nedjelkov (Bulgaria, 72 and 73 World Cup) |
| O | Owen [Taffy] Owen |
| P | Patrick Pawson (New Zealand) |
| Q | |
| R | Robert [Bob] Bob Roger (Swindon and 57 World Finalist) |
| S | Stan Stevens (England) |
| T | Tadeusz Teodorowicz (England) |
| U | |
| V | Vaclav Verner (CZ) |
| W | Wladislaw Wawszcyk (Poland, 65 World Cup) |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Bryan Tungate (19) |
| A | Arthur Atkinson of West Ham |
| B | Billy Bales of Norwich |
| C | Cyril Crane of Kings Lynn |
| D | Doug Davies of Birmingham |
| E | Ernie Evans of New Cross |
| F | |
| G | George Greenwood of Leeds |
| H | Hasse Holmqvist of Oxford |
| I | |
| J | Johnny Jones of Brafield |
| K | Ken Kirby of Southampton (I think) |
| L | Lionel Levy of Coventry |
| M | Morrie Mattingley of Southampton |
| N | Nick Nicholls of Coventry |
| O | Ove Olsen of Birmingham |
| P | Piotr Pyszny of Halifax |
| Q | |
| R | Ronnie Rolfe of Rye House |
| S | Stan Stevens of West Ham |
| T | Terry Tight of Newcastle |
| U | |
| V | Vaclav Verner of Exeter |
| W | Willie Wilson of Glasgow Ashfield |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Steve Brown (19) |
| A | Allison, Al
Allott, Adam
Andersson, Ake
Appleton, Alan
Appleton, Andrew
Armstrong, Alan
Atkinson, Arthur |
| B | Bales, Billy
Bast, Bast
Beaton, Bobby
Bentley, Brian
Black, Brian
Booth, Barry
Brannefors, Bengt
Brett, Brian
Briggs, Barry
Bromfield, Bruce
Burton, Billy |
| C | Caffrey, Colin
Cantwell, Con
Clark, Colin
Clarke, Carl
Chalcraft, Carl
Coleman, Charlie
Chaplin, Chris
Collins, Chris
Cook, Colin
Cottrell, Col
Cox, Cliff
Cort, Clem
Crane, Cyril |
| D | Davies, Dene
Davies, Doug
Day, Dennis
Dearden, Doug
Dunton, Danny
Durham, Dave |
| E | Eadon, Eric
Egedius, Einar |
| F | |
| G | Gale, Geoff
Goldfinch, Gil
Gordon, Graeme
Guasco, Gordon
Greenwood, George
Guglielmi, Gary |
| H | Haigh, Herbert (Dusty)
Harrfeldt, Henry
Holmqvist, Hasse |
| I | |
| J | Jackson, John
Jakobsen, Jan
Jensen, Jesper B
Johansson, Jorgen
Jorgensen, John
|
| K | Kjaer, Krause |
| L | Lanham, Leigh
Lawson, Louis
Lazarus, Larry
Levy, Lionel |
| M | McDermott, Maury
McKeon, Mick
McKinna, Martin
McLuskey, Mike
McPhie, Malcolm
Mackay, Malcolm
Martin, Mark
Mattingley, Maurie
Mattocks, Matt
May, Mick
Mellor, Mick
Minett, Mark
Mitchell, Mick
Moore, Mick |
| N | Nevitt, Norman
Newman, Nigel
Nicholls, Nick |
| O | Olsen, Ole
Olsen, Ove |
| P | Palfrey, Paul
Pawson, Patrick
Pratt, Phil
Price, Paul
Prinsloo, Peter
Pyszny, Piotr |
| Q | |
| R | Reeves, Reg
Reeves, Roy
Rolfe, Ronnie |
| S | St. George, Stewie
Sant, Steve
Schlam, Sig
Schofield, Steve
Sheldrick, Sid
Shirley, Stuart
Sjosten, Soren
Smith, Scott (Aus)
Smith, Scott (Eng)
Stead, Simon
Stephens, Seemond
Stevens, Stan
Swain, Scott |
| T | Teodorowicz, Tadeusz
Tulloch, Terry |
| U | |
| V | Verner, Vaclav |
| W | Willson, Wally
Wilson, Willie |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Graeme Selkirk (18) |
| A | Adam Allott |
| B | Bill Baird |
| C | Chris Collins |
| D | Dene Davies |
| E | Eric Eadon |
| F | |
| G | Gary Guglielmi |
| H | Henry Harrfeldt |
| I | |
| J | John Jorgensen |
| K | Krzysztof Kasprzak |
| L | Lionel Levy |
| M | Mick McKeon |
| N | Nick Nicholls |
| O | Ole Olsen |
| P | Phil Pratt |
| Q | |
| R | Reg Reeves |
| S | Simon Stead |
| T | |
| U | |
| V | Vaclav Verner |
| W | Willie Wilson |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Cary Cotterman (16) |
| A | Andrew Appleton
Alan Appleton |
| B | Barry Briggs
Bart Bast
Bobby Beaton
Billy Bales
Brian Bently
Brian Black
Bob Bailey
Blackie Bruce
Bob Bender
Baby Bigg |
| C | Colin Cook
Colin Clark
Col Cottrell
Cliff Cox
Cyril Crane
Cyril Cooper |
| D | Dave DeTemple
Dene Davies
Dave Durham
Don Dobbins
Don Dorsey |
| E | Einar Egedius |
| F | |
| G | Gordon Guasco
Geoff Gale |
| H | Horst Heilig |
| I | |
| J | Jan Jaros |
| K | Keith Kruser |
| L | Lloyd Logan |
| M | Malcolm McKay
Mike Mesojednick
Mike Muntean
Mike Mazzacane
Max Morf |
| N | |
| O | Ole Olsen |
| P | Phil Pratt |
| Q | |
| R | Rusty Roberts
Rick Richards |
| S | Soren Sjosten
Sid Sheldrick
Scott Sivadge
Swede Savage
Stan Stevens
Shorty Seabourne
Steve Scott |
| T | |
| U | |
| V | Vaclav Verner |
| W | |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Diane Phillips (14) |
| A | ADAM ALLOT |
| B | BEN BARKER |
| C | CYRIL CRANE |
| D | DANIEL DAVIDSSON |
| E | |
| F | |
| G | GRAEME GORDON |
| H | HASSE HOLMQVIST |
| I | |
| J | JOHN JACKSON |
| K | KRYZYSZTOF KASPRZAK |
| L | LOUIS LAWSON |
| M | MICHAEL MAKOVSKY |
| N | |
| O | OLE OLSEN |
| P | PAUL PICKERING |
| Q | |
| R | |
| S | SOREN SJOSTEN |
| T | TOMAS TOPINKA |
| U | |
| V | |
| W | |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Alan Hodkinson (13) |
| A | Arthur Atkinson |
| B | Bob Brewer
Bill Bridgett
Billy Bales
Bill Booth
Bengt Brannesfors |
| C | Charlie Cheshire
Colin Clarke |
| D | Don Durrant
Doug Deardon
Danny Dunton |
| E | |
| F | |
| G | George Gower
George Greenwood |
| H | Harry Hughes |
| I | |
| J | John Jepson |
| K | |
| L | Louis Lawson |
| M | Maury Mattingley |
| N | |
| O | |
| P | Peter Prinsloo |
| Q | |
| R | Reg Reeves
Reg Robins
Reg Robinson |
| S | |
| T | Terry Thrale
Tomas Topinka |
| U | |
| V | |
| W | Willie Wilson
Wilf Willstead
Willie Wilshire |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Jay Reed (12) |
| A | Andrew Appleton
Arthur Atkinson |
| B | Ben Barker
Bart Bast
Barry Briggs
Bo Brhel |
| C | Chris Clarence
Colin Cook |
| D | Daniel Davidsson |
| E | |
| F | |
| G | Gary Guglielmi |
| H | |
| I | |
| J | John Jorgensen
Johnny Jorgensen
Jorgen Johansson
Jan Jakobsen |
| K | |
| L | |
| M | Mikael Max |
| N | |
| O | Ole Olsen |
| P | Paul Pickering |
| Q | |
| R | |
| S | Simon Stead
Scott Smith
Sean Stoddart |
| T | Tomas Topinka |
| U | |
| V | Vaclav Verner |
| W | |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
Not everybody took it entirely seriously....
| Ivymiri (13) |
| A | Andrew Appleton |
| B | Barry Briggs |
| C | Colin Cook |
| D | Daniel Davidsson |
| E | Eddie "the eagle" Edwards (must have flown for Eastbourne) |
| F | Fiona Fullerton( she would have looked great in leathers) |
| G | Gary Gugliemi (probably not the correct spelling, I always just put "Gary G" if he was used as a r/r or t/s) |
| H | Hurricane Higgins; if he could have got out of the bar. |
| I | Ivor Kristen Iversen (Niels relative) |
| J | John Jorgensen |
| K | Kenny (mc) Kinna |
| L | Leigh Lanham |
| M | Mikael Max |
| N | Nobody Noes |
| O | Ole Olsen (I am fairly confident he was a real rider) |
| P | Piotr Protesiewicz (I done that without looking it up) |
| Q | Quentin Quisp |
| R | Rider Replacement |
| S | Simon Stead (get better soon!) |
| T | Tomas Topinka |
| U | U Useless piece of effluent or something, could be any rider |
| V | Vaclav Verner |
| W, X, Y and Z | The expletives uttered, sometimes highly verbally, if your team have just had a 5-1 reversal. |
This article was first published on 19th April 2007
Robert Rogers:"This might be a very small list, but it is certainly an 'original' one! Captains of the original speedway teams in 1929 as listed in the Peoples Speedway Guide 1947. Bill Bragg (Stamford Bridge), Lew Lancaster (Coventry) and Stan Spencer (Harringay). Although not the captain, West Ham had a Don Durant."
Geoff Clarke:"What about Stefan Salamonsson??? Not one mention!"
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