Eric Langton

Eric Langton
Born(1907-09-27)27 September 1907
Leeds, England
Died10 November 1999 (aged 92)
Perth, Australia
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1929Leeds
1930-1947Belle Vue Aces
Individual honours
1932Star Riders' Champion
1935Tom Farndon Memorial winner
Team honours
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936National League Champion
1929English Dirt Track League Champion
1930, 1931Northern League Champion
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1946, 1947National Trophy winner
1931Northern KO Cup winner
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1946A.C.U. Cup winner
1939British Speedway Cup winner

Eric Kemp Langton (27 September 1907 – 10 November 1999) was an English motorcycle speedway who won the Star Riders' Championship in 1932, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. He earned 44 international caps for the England national speedway team.[1][2]

  1. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Eric Langton". Leeds Mercury. 17 April 1931. Retrieved 26 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.