Former Belle Vue Aces

Joe Abbotts
  

C. H. Beckett
  

Harry Bentley

 

 

         
         

Len Blunt
  

Acorn Dobson
  

Bob Duckworth

 

 

       
         

Eddie Rigg
  

Dick Fisher
  

Billy Fletcher

 

 

       

         

Arthur Franklyn
  

Fundin
  

Norman Hartley

 

 

       
         

Dick Hayman
  

R. A. Hickson
  

Ray Higson

 

 

     
         

Wally Hull
  

Alec Jackson
  

Ron Johnson

 

 

   

   
         

Bill Kitchen
  

Eric Langton
  

Louis Lawson

 

 

Bill Kitchen

Rode with the Aces team which included Langton, Varey, Abbott, Charles, Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Harrison, Gregory and Dixon. Kitchen is shown on the right of the picture opposite shaking hands with Jack Milne the American rider who won the World Championship in 1937. Milne went on to finance the construction of the Costa Mesa Speedway track in California.

 

Eric Langton (1930-1945)

Started his racing career at Leeds Stadium in 1928 before moving to Belle Vue. A member of the all conquering 30' s team, Langton was involved in the first ever World Championship Final at Wembley finishing second to Lionel Van Praag after a run off. He retired from racing in 1945 after a spell as team manager at Sheffield and moved to Australia were he currently resides

   
         

Wally Lloyd
  

Mangall
  

Slant Payling

 

 

   

   
         

Bill Piltcher
  

Riskit Riley
  

Ian Ritchings

 

 

   

 

         

Smoke Robinson
  

J. O. Rowley
  

A. E. Simon

 

 

     
         

H. B. Tobin
  

A. F. Traylor
  

C. Wilcock

 
  

 

       

         

Peter Williams