Tommy Price (born 1907) explained

Tommy Price (born 1907) should not be confused with Tommy Price.

Tommy Price
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Place:Burscough Bridge, Lancashire, England
Death Place:York, England
Years1:1929-1930, 1936-1937
Career1:Liverpool Chads
Years2:1929-1930
Career2:Preston
Years3:1931
Career3:Leicester Super
Years4:1934
Career4:Birmingham Bulldogs
Years5:1936-1938
Career5:Belle Vue Aces/Merseysiders

Thomas Arthur Price (28 October 1907 - April 1989) was a motorcycle speedway rider who rode for several teams between 1929 and 1937.[1]

Career

Price first rode for Liverpool Chads in 1929, and rode for both Liverpool and Preston in the 1929 and 1930 seasons.[2] He rode for the Leicester Super team in the Northern League in 1931, scoring maximum points on his debut, but his season was cut short by a fractured elbow.[3] He then took a break from the sport, returning for one season in 1934 with Birmingham Bulldogs, and then in 1936 he rode for both Liverpool (in the Provincial League) and Belle Vue (in the National League).

He rode in a Provincial League representative team in two matches against Australia in 1937.

Price's brothers Ernie Price and Norman Price were also professional speedway riders.

Players cigarette cards

Price is listed as number 37 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 26 October 2023.
  2. Bamford, Robert (2003) Speedway: The Pre-War Years, Tempus,, p. 214
  3. Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Pre-War Years, Automedia, p. 186
  4. Web site: Speedway Riders. Speedway Museum Online. 14 October 2021.