Bill Holden (speedway rider)
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| Born | 1923 Blackburn, England |
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| Died | 2011 |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Career history | |
| 1950–1951, 1956–1957 | Southampton Saints |
| 1951–56, 1958 | Poole Pirates |
| Team honours | |
| 1951 | Division 3 champions |
| 1952, 1955 | Division 2 champions |
| 1952, 1955, 1956 | National Trophy (Div 2) |
Bill Holden (1923-2011) was a British speedway rider.
Speedway career[]
Bill Holden rode for Southampton Saints (1950-1, 1957),[1] Poole Pirates 1951–56, 1958) and England (1952). He won the Division 3 championship with Poole in 1951[2] and the following year won the Division 2 title with Poole. In 1955, he won a third title when Poole won Division 2 again.
He is still regarded by some as one of the best riders ever to don the distinctive blue and white skull and crossbones race jacket. Holden was entered into the Poole Speedway Hall of Fame in 2008 having scored 1,599 points in 639 races.[3]
Personal life[]
He is uncle to former Exeter Falcons, Poole and England rider Kevin Holden and father to former Weymouth junior Paul Holden.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Pike suspension still stands". Leicester Evening Mail. 3 August 1950. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "National League Division 3 1951" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Hall Of Fame". poole-speedway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Bill Holden Poole Pirate". The History Of Poole Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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