Billy Sanders

Billy Sanders
Born(1955-09-09)9 September 1955
Sydney, New South Wales
Died23 April 1985(1985-04-23) (aged 29)
Ipswich, England
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1972–1978, 1979–1980, 1983–1985Ipswich Witches
1979Birmingham Brummies
1981Hull Vikings
1982King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
1978, 1980, 1981,
1982, 1983, 1985
Australian Champion
1975Pride of the Midlands winner
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980,
1981, 1982, 1984, 1985
NSW State Champion
1979, 1980Australasian Champion
1984, 1985Australian Masters winner
1985North Arm Classic winner
1976, 1978, 1979Golden Sovereign winner
1977Daily Express Spring Classic
1977Olympique
1980Daily Mirror/Weslake 16-Lapper
Team honours
1976World Team Cup
1975, 1976, 1984British League Champion
1976, 1978, 1984British League KO Cup winner
1976, 1977British League Pairs Champion
1976Spring Gold Cup

William Robert Sanders (9 September 1955 – 23 April 1985[1]) was an Australian international Speedway rider[2] who won six Australian Championships and was a five time Speedway World Championship finalist with a career best second place in West Germany in 1983.

  1. ^ Oakes, P (1982). Daily Mirror 1982 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-072-8
  2. ^ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9