Reg Trott

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Reg Trott
Born2 January 1930
Mitcham, Surrey, England
Died19 September 2015(2015-09-19) (aged 85)
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1949–1955 Wimbledon Dons
1955 Oxford Cheetahs
1956–1964 Norwich Stars
1965–1967 West Ham Hammers
1969–1972 Eastbourne Eagles
Team honours
1954, 1955, 1965 League champion
1950, 1951, 1953, 1963, 1965 National Trophy/KO Cup
1965, 1966 London Cup
1971 League champion (tier 2)

Herbert Reginald Trott (2 January 1930 – 19 September 2015) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team. [1]

Biography

Trott, born in Mitcham, began his British leagues career riding for Wimbledon Dons during the 1949 Speedway National League. [2] Although in his novice season, he rode some significant meetings recording a 2.87 average. [3] He went on to ride for seven seasons at Wimbledon, in which time he won three National Trophies (1950, 1951 and 1953) and two league titles (1954 and 1955). [4]

In 1956, he signed for Norwich Stars [5] and would stay with the club for nine years until the end of the 1964 season. [6] During his time at Norwich he won another National Trophy in 1963. [7]

When the British League was inaugurated in 1965, Trott joined West Ham [8] and contributed to a league, Knockout Cup and London Cup treble winning season. [9]

After missing the 1967 and 1968 seasons, he returned to speedway riding for Eastbourne Eagles for the 1969 British League Division Two season and averaged a solid 8.73. [10] He remained at Eastbourne for four years and won the league title with them in 1971. He retired after the 1972 season and later became a speedway referee.

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "1949 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Trott dashes hopes of New Cross" . Daily News (London). 30 August 1949. Retrieved 31 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Reg Trott". WWOS backup. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Speed signing" . Daily Mirror. 7 April 1956. Retrieved 31 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   978-0904584509.
  8. ↑ "West Ham will be stiff opposition" . Long Eaton Advertiser. 3 June 1966. Retrieved 31 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "West Ham Hammers - The Final Match". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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