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Lew Grepp, Leo Ramm and Fred Collier


BOBBATH

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Obscure names to some but they were around in the mid sixties . I recall Leo and maybe  Lew appearing in WCQR  in I think 1964-perhaps  at Rye House or maybe later at Brafield. Perhaps they drifted out of the sport !! Freddie think rode for B.V. at about the same time-was he the brother of Bernie Collier? Are any of these gents still with us, is anybody in Forumland still in touch with any of them??

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Firstly, I wouldn't think that Fred and Bernie Collier were brothers; Bernie was born 18 years after Fred. Sadly, Fred passed away in June 2012. He was 70.

My dad actually saw Lew Grepp ride! It was Good Friday, 1958, when Belle Vue visited Plough Lane. Lew fell in his first ride, and though he had a few rides later in the year, it was effectively a career-ending crash. Lew passed away on August 22, 2022, at the age of 91. He has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for a number of years.

Leo passed away March 4, 2004, at the age of 76.

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9 hours ago, BOBBATH said:

Obscure names to some but they were around in the mid sixties . I recall Leo and maybe  Lew appearing in WCQR  in I think 1964-perhaps  at Rye House or maybe later at Brafield. Perhaps they drifted out of the sport !! Freddie think rode for B.V. at about the same time-was he the brother of Bernie Collier? Are any of these gents still with us, is anybody in Forumland still in touch with any of them??

Taken from the Speedway Riders Index 1929-2022:

Lewis W. (Lew) GREPP Born: 19 November 1930, Cheadle , Greater Manchester, England. Career record: (1957) Belle Vue.

Leo John RAMM Born: 23 April 1927, Mannum, South Australia, Australia. Died: 4 March 2004. Career record: (1956) Southern Rovers; (1964) Swindon.

Frederick (Fred) COLLIER Born: 18 November 1941, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Died: June 2012. Career record: (1961) Stoke; (1965) Belle Vue.

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12 hours ago, chunky said:

Firstly, I wouldn't think that Fred and Bernie Collier were brothers; Bernie was born 18 years after Fred.

Millwall player Pat Brady was 20 years older than his more famous brother Liam. His other brother Ray, who also played for the Lions was a year younger than Pat. They also had another brother, Frank who was older than Liam, but younger than Pat and Ray

I don't know if the Colliers are brothers or not, but i have been waiting for a long time to put this on a thread

I thank you :D 

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3 hours ago, iris123 said:

Millwall player Pat Brady was 20 years older than his more famous brother Liam. His other brother Ray, who also played for the Lions was a year younger than Pat. They also had another brother, Frank who was older than Liam, but younger than Pat and Ray

I don't know if the Colliers are brothers or not, but i have been waiting for a long time to put this on a thread

I thank you :D 

That's why I didn't say "they WEREN'T"! B)

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1 hour ago, iris123 said:

You might notice, i made no judgement either way. I was just posting something about brothers with a long gap between births B)

You "forum loons" are all the same... :rofl:

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5 hours ago, Beirao said:

Rye House? 

Yep, on June 21, alongside such notables as Bob Kilby, Sandor Levai, Roy Bowers, and Malcolm Simmons...

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