William James Baden Dallison (20 June 1900 – 25 March 1946) was a
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
rider who rode in the earliest days of the sport in Britain.
Speedway career
Dallison, born in
Camberwell, rode in the pioneer years of British speedway beginning his British leagues career riding for
White City, Manchester during the
1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League
The 1929 English Dirt Track League was the inaugural season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Northern English teams. There was also a Southern League called the 1929 Speedway Southern League that started during the same year.
Summary
The s ...
season. He helped the team set the pace and lead the league table, winning 18 of their 20 matches but following a dispute, Manchester withdrew from the league handing Leeds the title.
He rode for
Hall Green Bulldogs during the
1930 Speedway Southern League
The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.
Summary
White City had left the league but 3 ...
and would remain one of the sports leading riders until the outbreak of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. He later became captain of the Birmingham team.
Dallison died suddenly at home, in Birmingham on 25 March 1946.
Players cigarette cards
Dallison is listed as number 11 of 50 in the 1930s Player's
cigarette card
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Between 1875 and the 1940s, cigarette companies often included collectible cards with their packages of cigarett ...
collection.
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References
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1900 births
1946 deaths
British speedway riders
Birmingham Bulldogs riders
Harringay Tigers riders
High Beech speedway riders
Lea Bridge speedway riders
Southampton Saints riders
White City Manchester riders
Wimbledon Dons riders