ENSIKLOPEDIA Cari Tekan Enter untuk memulai pencarian cepat. Kembali ke Ensiklopedia Arsip Wikipedia Indonesia Jack Biggs Jack BiggsAustralian motorcycle speedway rider Jack BiggsBorn(1922-03-21)21 March 1922Melbourne, AustraliaDied8 December 1972(1972-12-08) (aged 50)Bendigo, AustraliaNationalityAustralianCareer history1947–1948, 1951–1954Harringay Racers1949–1950Odsal Boomerangs/Bradford Tudors1955West Ham Hammers1956, 1958–1959Poole Pirates1957, 1960–1962Oxford Cheetahs1960Ipswich Witches1963–1964Coventry Bees1965–1966Newport Wasps1967Cradley Heathens1967–1970Hackney Hawks Individual honours1951Speedway World Championship bronze medal1950, 1951, 1953, 1954Speedway World Championship finalist1949 (silver) 1950 (bronze)Australian Championship Team honours1952National Trophy Winner1948Anniversary Cup1952, 1953London Cup1953Coronation Cup Jack Edward Biggs (21 March 1922 – 8 December 1972) was a speedway rider from Australia.[1][2] Speedway career Biggs was a leading speedway rider in the 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on four occasions including finishing third in 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3] He won four medals at the Australian Championship and he rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1947 to 1970, riding for various clubs.[4] Before the 1951 season, Harringay Racers signed Biggs from Bradford Tudors for £1,000, in a deal that also saw the exchange of Arthur Bush and Alf Viccary.[5] He was killed during a track accident on 8 December 1972 at Bendigo's Golden City Speedway.[6] World Final Appearances Individual World Championship 1950 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 3pts 1951 – London, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 12pts + 1pt 1953 – London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts 1954 – London, Wembley Stadium – 9th – 6pts 1957 – London, Wembley Stadium – Reserve – Did not ride See also Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway References ↑ "Jack Biggs". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 August 2023. ↑ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2021. ↑ "Transferred". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 February 1951. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. ↑ "Jack Edward Biggs". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
