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| Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 August 2019 (aged 93) Whanganui, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roderick William Coleman MNZM (19 June 1926 – 6 August 2019) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand who raced for AMC (Associated Motorcycles) riding AJS motorcycles both at the Isle of Man TT, and in the Grand Prix World Championship in Europe, between 1951 and 1956.[1] He was the first official entrant from the New Zealand Auto-Cycle Union in the 1949 Isle of Man TT, but crashed in practice,[2] and in 1954 became the first New Zealander to win a TT.