Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)

Ronnie Moore
MBE
Moore in 1973
Born(1933-03-08)8 March 1933
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died18 August 2018(2018-08-18) (aged 85)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Career history
1950–63, 1969–72Wimbledon Dons
1974Coventry Bees
Individual honours
1954, 1959World Champion
1952, 1972London Riders' Champion
1952, 1960Brandonapolis
1952, 1955, 1956, 1960The Laurels
1956, 1962, 1968, 1969New Zealand Champion
1960Tom Farndon Memorial winner
Team honours
1970World Pairs Champion
1954, 1955, 1956, 1958,
1959, 1960, 1961
National League winner
1950, 1951, 1953, 1956,
1959, 1960, 1962
National Trophy winner
1962National League KO Cup winner
1969, 1970British League KO Cup Winner
1969, 1970London Cup Winner
1954RAC Cup Winner
1959Britannia Shield Winner

Ronald Leslie Moore MBE (8 March 1933 – 18 August 2018) was a New Zealand international motorcycle speedway rider. He twice won the Individual World Speedway Championship, in 1954 and 1959.[1] He earned 13 international caps for the Australia national speedway team, 50 caps for the New Zealand national speedway team and 21 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.[2]

  1. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 525. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.