Eric Broadbelt

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Eric Broadbelt
Born8 December 1947 (1947-12-08) (age 76)
Blackpool, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1967–1973 Belle Vue Aces
1968–1969 Belle Vue Colts
1970 Rochdale Hornets
1974–1977 Poole Pirates
1978 Halifax Dukes
1979–1981 Sheffield Tigers
1982 Swindon Robins
1982, 1983 Edinburgh Monarchs
1983, 1986 Long Eaton Invaders
1985 Barrow Blackhawks
1985 Glasgow Tigers
Individual honours
1981 British Championship finalist
Team honours
1971, 1972, 1973 British League Champion
1972, 1973 British League KO Cup Winner
1968, 1969 British League Division Two Champion
1969 British League Division Two KO Cup Winner
1979Northern Trophy

Eric Melvyn Broadbelt (born 8 December 1947) is a former international speedway rider [1] from England and Great Britain. [2] [3] [4]

Speedway career

Broadbelt a product of the Manchester training school, [5] began his British league career riding for the Belle Vue Aces during the 1967 British League season. [6] He won the league title with Manchester club in both 1970, 1971 and 1972 and the British League KO Cup in 1972 and 1973. [7]

After a hugely successful career with Belle Vue he joined Poole Pirates for the 1974 British League season and stayed with the south coast club for three seasons. He then moved north to ride for Halifax in 1978 and Sheffield for 1979 and 1980. [8]

He reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1981. [2] [9] He spent five more seasons riding for various clubs but only made a handful of appearances for most of them before retiring in 1986.

At retirement he had earned 17 international caps for the England national speedway team and 14 caps for Great Britain. [4] [2]

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