Bill Landels

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Bill Landels
Born24 July 1938 (1938-07-24) (age 85)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Career history
1960–1967 Edinburgh Monarchs
Individual honours
1966 Scottish Open champion

William Duncan Landels (born 24 July 1938) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team, 3 caps for the Scotland national speedway team and 8 caps for the Australia national speedway team. [1]

Biography

Landels, born in Edinburgh, was a significant grasstrack rider and won Scottish titles in 1958 and 1959. [2] [3]

He began his British leagues career riding for Edinburgh Monarchs during the 1960 Provincial Speedway League. [4] He missed the 1961 and 1962 seasons after being posted abroad by the army [5] before returning in late 1963 and finally racing regularly. [6]

He remained with Edinburgh during the formation of the British League in 1965 [7] and the following season was a shock winner of the Scottish Open, defeating riders of the calibre of the legendary Ivan Mauger. [8]

He went on to earn three international caps for Scotland and then one for England in December 1967, during the winter test series in Australia. He finished his Edinburgh career in 1967. [9]

It is unknown if Landels remained in Australia after the 1967 test series but he did emigrate shortly afterwards. He had the ununsual scenario whereby he represented a third national team thereafter by being selected to represent Australia. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Track spills" . Montrose Review. 29 May 1958. Retrieved 21 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Speedway" . Montrose Standard. 28 May 1959. Retrieved 21 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "1960 fixture list" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Track spills" . Edinburgh Evening New. 12 January 1961. Retrieved 21 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Bill Landels". WWOS backup. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Mauger in third place" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 2 April 1967. Retrieved 21 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "John Boulger in strong squad" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 15 December 1971. Retrieved 21 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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