| Don Hardy | |
| Nationality: | British (English) |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Boveridge, Dorset, England |
| Career1: | Exeter Falcons |
| Years1: | 1947–1955 |
| Career2: | New Cross Rangers |
| Years2: | 1947, 1949 |
| Teamyear1: | 1948 |
| Teamhonour1: | League champion (div 3) |
| Teamyear2: | 1951 |
| Teamhonour2: | National Trophy (div 3) |
Sidney Donald Hardy (9 April 1921 – 7 March 2018) was an English motorcycle speedway rider.[1]
Hardy, born in Boveridge, Dorset, began his speedway career after being signed by New Cross Rangers for the 1947 Speedway National League season.[2] However, he was loaned out to Exeter Falcons in division three[3] and made an immediate impact with the Devon club, averaging 7.86 from 40 matches.[4]
The following season during the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three campaign, he helped Exeter win the league title.[5] [6] Hardy became one of the leading riders in the division and became a crowd favourite of the Falcons. He continued to perform well,[7] averaging 8.70 in 1949 and then impressed with a 9.69 average for the 1950 Speedway National League Division Three season.[4] He had previously made an official transfer to Exeter from New Cross in May 1949.[8]
In 1951 he was part of the Falcons team that won the National Trophy (div 3) and finished runner-up behind Poole Pirates in the league.[9]
Hardy spent four more seasons with the Falcons from 1952 through to the end of the 1955 Speedway National League Division Two season.[10]
Hardy died in 2018 aged 96.[11]