Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)
Arena Essex Hammers | |
| Individual honours | |
|---|---|
| 1976 | British Champion |
| 1974 | Spring Classic |
| 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 | Blue Riband |
| 1976 | Internationale |
| 1976 | Littlechild Trophy |
| 1977 | Superama |
| 1977 | Southern Masters |
| 1982 | The Laurels |
| Team honours | |
| 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 | World Team Cup Winner |
| 1976, 1977, 1978 | World Pairs Champion |
| 1965 | British League Champion |
| 1965 | British League KO Cup Winner |
| 1965, 1966, 1967 | London Cup |
| 1973 | Spring Gold Cup |
Malcolm Simmons (20 March 1946 – 25 May 2014) was a
England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team.[3]
Career
Simmons was born in
averages and scored over 2112 points for the club.[5]
Simmons signed for the
British League. Simmons topped the Pirates averages for the next six years and he came to be affectionately known by the Poole fans as 'Super Simmo'. In 1979 the Pirates were taken over by new owners and Simmons became unsettled, asking for a transfer in 1980. At a pairs event at Poole that year, Simmons was accused by the Poole management of not trying and he was subsequently sacked by the club.[5]
He moved to
Arena Essex and King's Lynn.[5]
Malcolm captained England and Great Britain at full international level. He finished runner-up to Peter Collins in the 1976 Speedway World Championship, but became World Pairs Champion with John Louis the same year. He again became World Pairs Champion in 1977 with Peter Collins, and again in 1978 with Gordon Kennett. Simmons became British Champion in 1976.[6] He won the World Team Cup on four occasions—1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977—once with Great Britain and three times with England.
He signed as a rider for Mildenhall in 2001 to ride occasionally in the Conference League, aged 56.[citation needed]
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1975 -
London, Wembley Stadium - 7th - 10pts - Silesian Stadium- 2nd - 13pts
- 1978 - London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 10pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1976 -
Eskilstuna, Snälltorpet (with John Louis) - Winner - 27pts (10) - 1977 – Manchester, Hyde Road (with Peter Collins) – Winner – 28pts (13)
- 1978 -
Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Gordon Kennett) - Winner - 24pts (15+3) - 1979 -
Vojens, Speedway Center (with Michael Lee) - 2nd - 24pts (9)
World Team Cup
- 1973* - London, Wembley Stadium (with Peter Collins / Ray Wilson / Terry Betts) - Winner - 37pts (8)
- 1974 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Peter Collins / John Louis / Dave Jessup) - Winner - 42pts (8)
- 1975 -
Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Peter Collins / Martin Ashby / John Louis) – Winner – 41pts (11) - Olympic Stadium (with Peter Collins / Michael Lee / Dave Jessup / John Davis) - Winner - 37pts (9)
- Ellermühle Stadium(with Dave Jessup / Peter Collins / Gordon Kennett / Michael Lee) - 2nd - 27pts (8)
* 1973 for England.
References
- ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
- ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1963) "Hackney Hawks Here to Stay?", Speedway Star, 1 June 1963, p. 16
- ^ ISBN 0-7524-3257-5.
- ISBN 0-7524-2402-5