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Do You Remember The 70's & 80's When Uk Teams Signed Unknown Foreigners? Some Good, Most Were Pants!


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On 4/6/2024 at 9:57 AM, Fromafar said:

Who remembers Alfred Sitzwohl at Edinburgh 1965.Austrian Champion1964.I match I think.

I did get to see his compatriot Walter Grubmuller at Plough Lane.

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7 hours ago, RobbieB said:

Another Austrian at Plough Lane in the 70s was Adi Funk

Funny thing is, I didn't mention him, as he was around longer. So, I just checked the stats, and Grubmuller actually has better figures than Funk! Didn't realise that...

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King's Lynn's Austrian Toni Pillotto wasn't around long...

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1 hour ago, frigbo said:

King's Lynn's Austrian Toni Pillotto wasn't around long...

And he took was worse than Grubmuller. I always felt that he had potential, though...

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On 2/3/2017 at 7:06 AM, Triple.H. said:

Late 90's early 00's Ipswich signed a young Aussie Billy Lellman ?

Came with a good reputation but didn't last long over here, probably a couple of months if that.

I certainly can't remember what points he scored if any, maybe he was homesick or didn't like the lifestyle overhere.

Hey im kasey and bill was my uncle. He fell sick with insomnia and bipolar and got to angry and sick to ride. He still watches speedway and goes to the local shows in our home town Adelaide. It was quite sad because he has said many times speedway was all he had and his trophies were his life but I think hes getting on pretty well as hes older

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On 2/1/2017 at 7:25 PM, steve roberts said:

Ulf was one of my early heroes...took a while to get going but towards the end of the 74 season was really flying. Shame he never rode again in Britain after that (His wife gave birth to twins if I remember).

 

Never saw Conny ride but remember my brother saying that he was less than impressive round Cowley but a revelation on some of the bigger circuits (Swindon and Coventry for example). Another rider who never re-appeared in Britain and I'm surprised some enterprising promoter didn't give him a second chance. He excelled at Ice Speedway and appeared twice (?) on the rostrum in the World Championship in that particular discipline.

Conny Samuelsson was track record holder at Brandon at one stage

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