John Francis Geran (10 December 1929 – 20 June 2021) was an international
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 from Australia.
Speedway career
Geran reached the final of the
Speedway World Championship on two occasions: in the
1957 Individual Speedway World Championship and the
1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.
In 1952 he joined
Exeter Falcons
The Exeter Falcons were a Motorcycle speedway, speedway team based in the city of Exeter. The Falcons operated from 1947 to 2005 at the County Ground Stadium in Exeter.
History Origins & 1920s
Speedway began at the County Ground in 1929, ...
and then rode in the
top tier of British Speedway from 1952 to 1964, riding for various clubs.
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
*
1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
- London,
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Sta ...
- 10th - 7pts
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
- London, Wembley Stadium - 14th - 3pts
References
1929 births
2021 deaths
Australian speedway riders
Poole Pirates riders
Exeter Falcons riders
Australian expatriate speedway riders in England
Leicester Hunters riders
Oxford Cheetahs riders
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