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]
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]