| Ernie Roccio | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles |
| Death Place: | West Ham Stadium |
| Career1: | Wimbledon Dons |
| Years1: | 1950–1952 |
| Indivyear1: | 1951 |
| Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Teamyear1: | 1950, 1951 |
| Teamhonour1: | National Trophy Winner |
Ernest Thomas Roccio (16 September 1927 – 22 July 1952) was a motorcycle speedway rider from the United States.[1] [2]
Roccio was a leading speedway rider in the early 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Wimbledon Dons. Previously he had raced for the Shelbourne Tigers in Dublin along with his brother John Roccio.[4] While riding for Wimbledon on 22 July 1952 he was killed after crashing into the fence at high speed at West Ham Stadium, it has been reported that he died instantly but the newspaper report states he died in hospital.[5]
Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway