Puma23 Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Hello ! I look for something information about the pre war speedway riders (austrian-Killmayer, german-Maier, german-Rummrich and ethiopian-Tella). Could You help me ?? Nice Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miro Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Leopold Killmayer rode from 1930 to 1956. He raced all over Europe with great success and was contracted to ride in England for Plymouth in 1933 but I don't know if he actually rode for them. He was Austrian champion in 1952. He had a younger brother called Karl who rode from 1947 to at least 1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Just been looking at some old Austrian programmes and firstly it is Killmeyer But more interesting is the regular appearance of Gene Tella in meetings from 1933-1937 and listed as coming from Vienna.I'd guess this is where he resided He doesn't feature in the 1938 meeting and since Austria had just been annexed by Nazi Germany and the meeting was run by the Nationalsozialistischen Kraftfahr-Korps (NSKK),maybe this is the reason he doesn't feature? Quite interesting doing a search on the net is that a Robert Gene Tella who was born in 1948 died in Freemont.Maybe Gene Tella fled to the States from the Nazis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 But more interesting is the regular appearance of Gene Tella in meetings from 1933-1937 and listed as coming from Vienna.I'd guess this is where he resided He doesn't feature in the 1938 meeting and since Austria had just been annexed by Nazi Germany and the meeting was run by the Nationalsozialistischen Kraftfahr-Korps (NSKK),maybe this is the reason he doesn't feature? Quite interesting doing a search on the net is that a Robert Gene Tella who was born in 1948 died in Freemont.Maybe Gene Tella fled to the States from the Nazis? Gene Tella also competed (listed as an Abyssinian) in the 1936 Saxtorp 350cc GP in Sweden in 1936, so obviously, he did travel around Europe quite a bit... Steve Here is a photo of Gene Tella... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Gene Tella also competed (listed as an Abyssinian) in the 1936 Saxtorp 350cc GP in Sweden in 1936, so obviously, he did travel around Europe quite a bit... Steve Yes.He certainly was listed as an Abyssinian in certain meetings.Think in Czecho for instance.Just interesting that in international meetins in Austria he was listed as a local,rather than from a foreign country.Having seen photos of his father then there is an African link there I would say.Looking further at the children of Robert Gene Tella,both sons became good sportsmen,so..... http://www.sjearthquakes.com/club/front-office http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2014-02-01/auburns-ryan-tella-welcomes-chance-redemption-new-coach-year Edited January 30, 2016 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 We just need someone with an account at ancestry.com! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 What is interesting and fits with my thoughts is that Robert Gene Tellas mothers surname was Kruse(-Haar) which is a surname to be found in Vienna.Could be way off here,but I was thinking if Gene lived in Vienna he might have found a wife there and emigrated to the states.I was sort of thinking maybe his father was an Abyssinian diplomat in Vienna and married there as Gene seems to be of mixed race.....still a mystery so far though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 He had a younger brother called Karl who rode from 1947 to at least 1958 Seems Karl was the original speedway pop star.Had a no.1 hit in Austria with this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXTKP3uuW0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Great discovery, Doug, I knew about his song, but until now had never heard it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 I have just found out that Karl Killmeyer was still alive until late last year, he died just short of his 92nd birthday (born 29 Oct 1923, died 23 Oct 2015) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) I have just found out that Karl Killmeyer was still alive until late last year, he died just short of his 92nd birthday (born 29 Oct 1923, died 23 Oct 2015) Yes,i saw the bereavement notice from his wife and children the same day I found his song on youtube.Sad all these years after the thread was started.I feel sure he would have known of and probably met Gene Tella Bio's of the Killmeyer brothers and other Austrian riders here http://www.reisemosaik.at/Oldtimer/Personen/Rennfahrer_Sandbahn.html Edited February 4, 2016 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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