Ian Williams (speedway rider)

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Ian Williams
Born(1931-08-04)4 August 1931
Port Talbot, Wales
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Career history
1952-1963 Swindon Robins
Individual honours
1957 Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1957 National League Champion
1956 National League Div Two Champion

Ian Williams (born 4 August 1931) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Wales. [1] [2] With no Welsh team to represent, he earned eight international caps for the England national speedway team. [3]

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Speedway career

Williams was a leading speedway rider in the 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship. [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1957 to 1963, riding for Swindon Robins. [5]

Individual World Championship

Family

His two brothers, Freddie Williams and Eric Williams were also speedway riders, Freddie was a double World champion and acted as Ian's mechanic during the 1957 final. [6]

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References

  1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. "LEGENDS: IAN WILLIAMS". Swindon Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. "The Williams brothers". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.