Jack Geran | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Birth Date: | 1929 12, df=yes |
Death Date: | 20 June 2021 (aged 91) |
Career1: | Exeter Falcons |
Years1: | 1952-1955, 1965-196 |
Career2: | Poole Pirates |
Years2: | 1956 |
Career3: | Leicester Hunters |
Years3: | 1957-1961 |
Career4: | Oxford Cheetahs |
Years4: | 1962-1964 |
Indivyear1: | 1957, 1958 |
Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Indivyear2: | 1958, 1961 |
Indivhonour2: | Midland Riders' Champion |
Teamyear1: | 1964 |
Teamhonour1: | National League Champion |
Teamyear2: | 1964 |
Teamyear3: | 1964 |
Teamhonour3: | Britannia Shield |
John Francis Geran (10 December 1929 – 20 June 2021) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.[1] [2]
Geran reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions in the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
In 1952 he joined Exeter Falcons[4] and then rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1952 to 1964, riding for various clubs.[5] [6]