Sándor Lévai Explained

Sándor Lévai
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Place:Debrecen, Hungary
Career1:Stoke Potters
Years1:1963
Career2:Norwich Stars
Years2:1964
Career3:Belle Vue Aces
Years3:1965–1968
Career4:Newport Wasps
Years4:1969–1971
Years5:1972–1973
Career6:Cradley United
Years6:1974–1975
Indivyear1:1951, 1952
1953, 1954
1955, 1956

Katalin Sándor Lévai (16 July 1935 – 5 October 2009) was a Hungarian international motorcycle speedway rider.[1] [2] He earned 1 cap for the Hungary national speedway team and 1 cap for the England national speedway team.[3]

Speedway career

Lévai was six times champion of Hungary, winning the Hungarian Championship for six consecutive years from 1951 to 1956.[4] [5] He fled Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.[6]

He rode in the top tiers of British Speedway from 1963 to 1975, riding for various clubs.[7] [8]

After spells at Stoke Potters and Norwich Stars he joined Belle Vue Aces and stayed with them for four seasons.[9] After Belle Vue he joined Newport Wasps and rode as their number one rider.[10]

He had the unusual distinction of being the only non-Commonwealth rider capped by the England national speedway team.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 29 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Sandor Levai. Speedway GB. 29 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 3 September 2024.
  4. Web site: Hungarian Championship. Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 29 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Węgier. Speedway Fansite. 29 July 2021.
  6. News: Rider will miss key match. Manchester Evening News . 28 August 1965 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 5 September 2024.
  7. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 29 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Rider averages 1929 to 2009 . Speedway Researcher . 10 August 2023.
  9. News: Monmore track is expected to suit improving Sandor . Wolverhampton Express and Star . 29 April 1965 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  10. News: Australian wonder boy races againts Racers . Reading Evening Post . 6 April 1972 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.