Trevor Geer is a former
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, active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Career
Geer raced for the
Eastbourne Eagles
The Eastbourne Eagles were a British speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England, that raced in the SGB Championship.
History
Speedway was initially introduced to Eastbourne in 1929. During their first league season ...
in the early seventies, before transferring to the
Oxford Rebels
The Oxford Cheetahs are a British speedway teamLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. based at Oxford Stadium, in Oxford, England. They were founded in 1939 and are five times champions of Britain, in 1964, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 2 ...
.
He and
Ole Olsen came second in the Radio Oxford Best Pairs in 1974. He started his full-time British League career with Oxford in 1975 and was part of the Midland Cup winning team. When the city's Cowley Stadium was threatened with closure, Geer and other team members left to form the
White City Rebels
The White City Rebels were a motorcycle speedway team who operated from the White City Stadium, Wood Lane in London.
History
White City were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929 but only raced for the one season. The White City team ...
.
After retiring, he became the team manager for the Eastbourne Eagles.
References
British speedway riders
Eastbourne Eagles riders
Oxford Rebels riders
White City Rebels riders
Reading Racers riders
Wembley Lions riders
Oxford Cheetahs riders
Living people
People from Polegate
1953 births
{{England-speedway-bio-stub