Alan Jay

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Alan Jay
Born18 January 1941 (1941-01-18) (age 83)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1961–1967 Sheffield Tigers
1966 King's Lynn Stars
1968–1972 Halifax Dukes
1968 Newcastle Diamonds
1973–1975 Coventry Bees
Team honours
1962, 1963, 1964Provincial Northern League

Alan Wilfred Lawrence Jay (born 18 January 1941) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team. [1]

Biography

Jay, born in Oxford, began his British leagues career riding for Sheffield Tigers during the 1961 Provincial Speedway League. [2] He remained with Sheffield for seven years and followed the club's move to the British League during that time. [3]

In 1968, he was loaned to Halifax Dukes [4] before joining Newcastle Diamonds later that season. [5]

The following season in 1969, he signed for Halifax and would spend four more seasons with them, improving his average to 7.16 in 1969. [6] In 193, he joined Coventry Bees, where he remained until his retirement after the 1975 season. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "1961 season results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Gavros out for two and a half months" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 March 1968. Retrieved 20 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Swindon will not appeal" . Bristol Evening Post. 6 July 1968. Retrieved 20 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Alan Jay". WWOS backup. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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