BOBBATH Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Anyone know what happened to Tony George: I recall seeing him ride for Exeter at Swindon in 1968-he was regarded as very promising-think he may have had bad injuries though and was never able to achieve his potential. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/tony-george/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerowl Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 GEORGE, Anthony (Tony) Born: August 28, 1950, Bristol, Avon, England. The star pupil at the Weymouth Training School in the winter of 1967-68, Tony had no previous experience of motorcycling and immediately his progress attracted the attention of the British League clubs. At one stage Tony looked bound for West Ham but eventually signed for Exeter who loaned him to Plymouth in Division Two to gain much needed experience. In the early weeks of 1968 he hit paid double figures against Reading and Nelson and continued to impress throughout the year with some solid scores. A spectacular racer, Tony averaged over six points per meeting and complimented his experience with three outings for Exeter in the top flight. The links with the Exeter promotion who owned his contract meant that Tony was on the move to Romford in 1969 where Wally Mawdsley and Pete Lansdale were in charge, but the year was to be a catastrophe. It started solidly enough but he was to suffer a broken leg on his return to Plymouth and he was out right until the very end of the season. He was around the Romford scene again in 1970 but the injury had a real effect on his scores and he hardly featured at all for the ‘Bombers’. By the age of just 20 Tony’s career was sadly over. Year Club Division M R P BP TP CMA FM PM 1968 Plymouth BL2 19 75 98 17 115 6.13 - 1 1968 Exeter BL1 3 7 1 1 2 1.14 - - 1969 Romford BL2 7 27 37 3 40 5.93 - - 1970 Romford BL2 5 17 10 1 11 2.59 - - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessex Wanderer Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Real tragedy this one. Tony George was far and away the star at Lew Coffin’s training school despite the presence of such riders as Mike Cake, Colin Sanders, Phil Woodcock, Laurie Etheridge, Richard May, Bob Coles etc etc etc. He always looked like a proper super star in the making until the accident but was never the same afterwards. Such a shame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted May 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Thanks for the stats Tigerowl and also WW's comments-the one time I saw him ride he looked like he had the right stuff to succeed. Life can be so unfair. Anybody know what Tony is doing now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Thanks for the stats Tigerowl and also WW's comments-the one time I saw him ride he looked like he had the right stuff to succeed. Life can be so unfair. Anybody know what Tony is doing now Sorry you didn’t like my post, but it actually showed he was still doing grass track up until a year or so ago. Never mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted May 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 4 hours ago, iris123 said: Sorry you didn’t like my post, but it actually showed he was still doing grass track up until a year or so ago. Never mind.... Beg your pardon Iris123-- since I thought it was just about grass track didn't look it up-I have now-many apologies, thanks for taking the time to post and I'm glad that Tony had a successful career on the grass. - Apologies again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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