E I Addio Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Sad to read in Speedwáy Star that Jimmy Heard died last week. He rode for Hackney at No3 when my Speedwáy interest was getting started and his career was drawing to a close. Never a star but like a lot of them in those days he was a very, very nice bloke. I remember showing a picture of him to my French teacher who thought he must be a leg trailer because he had a hole In the left knee of his leathers, but Jim never exactly was a picture of sartorial elegance. Another part of my Speedwáy history gone. Thanks for the memories Jim.This schoolboy sitting on the rails by the starting gate at Hackney was a big fan of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I had a surprise meeting with Jimmy Heard one Sunday morning in the early 1960s. I was then running a parks football team in south London. Our opponents from East London turned up and there ready to play against my side was Jimmy Heard. I knew him reasonably well at one-time late 1950s into the 1960s. He was a great personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Besides speedway and football, Jim Heard was also a leading cycle speedway rider in East London in the late 1940s early 1950s. And his opponents included some opponents who later came to the forefront in speedway. These included Mike Broadbank, Colin Gooddy, Dave Still, Tommy Sweetman and Vic White. Edited February 20, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 My earliest recollection of Jim Heard was seeing him win the Easter Trophy at Rayleigh, in 1963 I think but I may have the year wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) The first meeting that I can trace for Jim Heard was this meting in which he was one of the starters. Sunday, 18th April, 1954 : Rye House Easter Trophy. On the programme he was actually named as JACK Heard - but it was indeed Jim. Edited February 20, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 Besides his speedway career, as mentioned elsewhere, Jim Heard was active in cycle speedway at the end of the 1940s-early 1950s. I think that he may have raced for a club in East London where his team mates were Len Silver, Dennis Day and Dave Still who, like Heard, also became involved in 'proper' speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Obviously before my time but always sad to read of the death of a former rider. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessex Wanderer Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Very sad to hear this. He was the winner of the first official race I ever saw - heat 1 of the Whit Trophy at Weymouth in 1963. RIP Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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