Bob Andrews (speedway rider)

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Bob Andrews
Born27 October 1935 (1935-10-27) (age 88)
Edmonton, London, England
NationalityBritish (English) / New Zealander
Career history
1954-1955 California Poppies
1956-1964 Wimbledon Dons
1965 Wolverhampton Wolves
1968-1969, 1971-1972 Cradley Heathens
1970 Hackney Hawks
Individual honours
1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 Speedway World Championship finalist
1966 New Zealand Champion
Team honours
1969 World Pairs Champion
1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 National League Champion
1956, 1959, 1960, 1962 National Trophy winner
1954 Southern Area League Champion
1959Britannia Shield

Robert Thomas Andrews (born 27 October 1935) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England and New Zealand. [1] [2]

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Speedway career

Andrews was a leading rider in the 1960s and reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on four occasions in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1964. [3] [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956-1970, riding for various clubs. [5] [6]

Andrews was capped by England 21 times and Great Britain 12 times. He later emigrated to New Zealand and gained 27 caps for the country and rode the last of his World finals in New Zealand colours. [7] [8]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

* Unofficial World Championships.

World Team Cup

* 1961 for England.

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  2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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  7. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. "Bob Andrews". Historic Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.