Lionel Maurice Van Praag, GM (17 December 1908 – 15 May 1987) was an Australian motorcycle speedway champion, who won the inaugural Speedway World Championship...
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psychiatrist Jaap van Praag (1910–1987), Dutch football administrator Jaap van Praag (1911–1981), Dutch humanist professor Lionel Van Praag (1908–1987), Australian...
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becoming World Champion. The riders who qualified for the Final were Lionel Van Praag, Bluey Wilkinson, Dicky Smythe, Billy Lamont and Jack Chapman (Australia)...
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saw the Lions in the British League in the 1970 and 1971 seasons. Lionel Van Praag (1936), Tommy Price (1949), and Freddie Williams (1950 and 1953), all...
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rider Lionel Van Praag came to Bathurst he loaned Wilkinson one of his spare bikes. In a battle of future World Champions, Wilkinson defeated Van Praag in...
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Championship was the first ever Speedway World Championship and was won by Lionel Van Praag of Australia. The forerunner to the World Championship was generally...
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Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place 1936 details London Wembley Stadium Lionel Van Praag (26+3 pts) Eric Langton (26+2 pts) Bluey Wilkinson (25 pts) 1937 details...
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Briggs (four times), Ole Olsen (three times), Ove Fundin (five times), Lionel Van Praag (inaugural World Champion in 1936), Hans Nielsen (nicknamed "The Professor"...
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venue, with competitors including future Speedway World Champions Lionel Van Praag and Bluey Wilkinson. Wentworth Park was the site of Sydney's first...
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player for the North Melbourne Kangaroos Steven Solomon, sprinter Lionel Van Praag, speedway champion Julien Wiener, cricketer David Zalcberg, table tennis...
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youngest rookie podium. Son of Lawrence Stroll Sheila van Damm, British rally driver Lionel Van Praag, Australian motorcycle Speedway World Champion Robert...
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held at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It is won by Australian Lionel Van Praag, with Englishman Eric Langton second and Australian Bluey Wilkinson...
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before the last contest at Wembley in 1981. Lions riders won in 1936 (Lionel Van Praag), 1949 (Tommy Price), and 1950 and 1953 (Freddie Williams). Wembley...
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Australia's first ever recorded motorsport World Champion was Sydney rider Lionel Van Praag who won the inaugural Speedway World Championship in 1936 at the Wembley...
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of popularity at the time. It featured speedway riders Ginger Lees, Lionel van Praag and Frank Varey, and speedway promoter Johnnie Hoskins. The film's...
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British writer, lecturer and researcher. Lionel Van Praag, 78, Australian motorcycle speedway champion. Lionel Cooper, 65, Australian international rugby...
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Showground Cordy Milne () Vic Duggan (NSW) Lionel Van Praag (NSW) 1941 Sydney Sports Ground Vic Duggan (NSW) Lionel Van Praag (NSW) Max Grosskreutz (Qld) 1942-1945...
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Cumberland Oval in Parramatta, aged just 15. He became a protégé of Lionel Van Praag and began his British leagues career riding for Halifax Dukes during...
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Lees 10.40 Wally Kilmister 8.17 Reg Bounds 7.68 Harry Whitfield 7.30 Lionel Van Praag 6.95 Gordon Byers 6.92 George Greenwood 6.90 Colin Watson 6.67 Jack...
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Championship motorcycle race was held at Wembley Stadium in London, won by Lionel Van Praag of Australia. As part of ceremonies at the World Power Conference,...
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Victoria, and post-war, Brisbane. 1941 Lionel Van Praag Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force On 26 January 1942 Van Praag was the co-pilot of a Douglas DC-2...
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notorious for playing in St Kilda's only Premiership (1966) on Yom Kippur Lionel Van Praag, speedway champion Julien Wiener, cricketer David Zalcberg, Australian...
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9.09 George Greenwood 8.75 Harry Whitfield 7.96 Norman Evans 7.50 Lionel Van Praag 7.33 Buster Frogley 7.09 Wally Kilmister 6.59 Jack Jackson 5.30 Col...
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Brewster, Ern Buck, Vic Huxley, Bill Kilminster, Charlie Spinks, and Lionel Van Praag also held pilot's licenses. The first crossing of the Tasman by air...
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Lees 8.26 Colin Watson 6.47 Gordon Byers 6.41 Harry Whitfield 6.00 Lionel Van Praag 5.08 Reg Bounds 3.47 Norman Evans 3.33 Maurice Stobbart 3.00 Hal Herbert...
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6.09 Goldy Restall 5.05 Joe Francis 4.10 Ernie Evans 4.00 Wembley Lionel Van Praag 10.50 Frank Charles 8.48 Malcolm Craven 6.99 George Wilks 6.91 Cliff...
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Series Rider Season article Speedway World Championship Lionel Van Praag 1936 Individual Speedway World Championship...
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Australian Championship in 5 years. Later in the year Holder joined Lionel Van Praag (1936), Bluey Wilkinson (1938), Jack Young (1951 and 1952), and Jason...
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Sports Ground Sydney Vic Duggan 1940/41 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney Lionel Van Praag 1941-1945 Not Held due to World War II 1945/46 Sydney Sports Ground...
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Ron Johnson 8.88 Jeff Lloyd 7.43 Bill Longley 7.83 Geoff Pymar 7.71 Lionel Van Praag 7.68 Ray Moore 5.04 Eric French 5.96 Frank Lawrence 3.86 Keith Harvey...
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