Andy Ross | |
Nationality: | British (Scottish) |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1940 |
Birth Place: | Scotland |
Death Date: | 3 September 2006 (aged 66) |
Career1: | Rayleigh Rockets |
Years1: | 1969 |
Career2: | Peterborough Panthers |
Years2: | 1970, 1971 |
Career3: | Oxford Cheetahs |
Years3: | 1970 |
Indivyear1: | 1969, 1970 |
Indivhonour1: | Ice Speedway World finalist |
Andrew Ross (3 April 1940 – 3 September 2006) was an international speedway rider from Scotland.[1] [2] [3]
Ross was a finalist at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1969 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship and the 1970 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[4] He was also a prominent grasstrack rider and won the British title in 1968.[5] [6]
He rode in the British League of British Speedway from 1969 to 1971 and was the first captain of the Peterbrough Panthers.[7] [8]
He died in a shooting accident in Scotland on 3 September 2006.[9]