Roger Mills (speedway rider)
| Born | 7 December 1948 Walsall, West Midlands, England |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Career history | |
| 1967 | Long Eaton Archers |
| 1968 | Leicester Lions |
| 1969-1970 | Middlesbrough Teessiders |
| 1971-1973 | Long Eaton Rangers |
| 1971 | Hackney Hawks |
| 1972 | King's Lynn Stars |
| 1973 | Newport |
Roger John Mills (born 7 December 1948) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1]
Career
[edit]Mills rode in two matches for Sheffield Tigers and Long Eaton Archers in 1967 before joining the newly formed Leicester Lions in 1968.[2] He rode in seventeen British League Division One matches for Leicester that year, averaging 2.58, dropping down to the second division in 1969 with Middlesbrough Teessiders, for whom he averaged over 7 points in two seasons there.[3] In 1971, wanting to ride for a team closer to his home, he moved to Long Eaton Rangers, for whom he continued to score highly until his retirement at the end of the 1973 season.[2][4]
Mills represented Great Britain at junior level and England at Division Two level.[2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 173
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1991) The Complete History of the British League, Front Page Books, ISBN 0-948882-07-7, p. 35 (Division Two section)
- ^ Bott, Richard (1972) The Champions Book of Speedway No. 3, Stanley Paul, ISBN 978-0091120207
- ^ "Roger Mills to ride for England in tourney". Long Eaton Advertiser. 29 June 1973. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.