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- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morgan, Tom (1949) Who's Who in Speedway 1949, Sport-in-Print, p. 61
- ↑ Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Pre-War Years, Automedia, p. 186
- ↑ Jones, Maurice Long Eaton Speedway: A History, Speedway Surveys
- ↑ Dalling, Philip (2007) Nottingham and Long Eaton Speedway, Stadia, ISBN 978-0-7524-4163-4, p. 143-156