Jack Biggs

Jack Biggs

Born	(1922-03-21)21 March 1922 Melbourne, Australia
Died	8 December 1972(1972-12-08) (aged 50) Bendigo, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Career history
1947–1948, 1951–1954	Harringay Racers
1949–1950	Odsal Boomerangs/Bradford Tudors
1955	West Ham Hammers
1956, 1958–1959	Poole Pirates
1957, 1960–1962	Oxford Cheetahs
1960	Ipswich Witches
1963–1964	Coventry Bees
1965–1966	Newport Wasps
1967	Cradley Heathens
1967–1970	Hackney Hawks
Individual honours
1951	Speedway World Championship bronze medal
1950, 1951, 1953, 1954	Speedway World Championship finalist
1949 (silver) 1950 (bronze)	Australian Championship
Team honours
1952	National Trophy Winner
1948	Anniversary Cup
1952, 1953	London Cup
1953	Coronation Cup

Jack Edward Biggs (21 March 1922 – 8 December 1972) was a speedway rider from Australia.

Speedway career

Biggs was a leading speedway rider in the 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on four occasions including finishing third in 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship.

He won four medals at the Australian Championship and he rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1947 to 1970, riding for various clubs.

Before the 1951 season, Harringay Racers signed Biggs from Bradford Tudors for £1,000, in a deal that also saw the exchange of Arthur Bush and Alf Viccary.

He was killed during a track accident on 8 December 1972 at Bendigo's Golden City Speedway.

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1950 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 3pts
• 1951 – London, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 12pts + 1pt
• 1953 – London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts
• 1954 – London, Wembley Stadium – 9th – 6pts
• 1957 – London, Wembley Stadium – Reserve – Did not ride

See also

• Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway