Len Silver
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Len Silver (born February 2, 1932, East London, United Kingdom) was an Ipswich speedway rider.
He stopped racing in 1957 but returned to Ipswich in 1960 after a layoff due to injury. In 1961 he was transferred to Exeter where he skippered the Exeter Falcons and helped them win the Provisional League Riders’ Championship in 1962. Silver made 10 successful defences of the Silver Sash Match Race Championship. In 1964 he transferred to the Hackney Hawks as a Rider/Promoter but his riding career was cut short by serious injuries after a first bend crash at Hackney shortly after joining.
Silver continued as Hackney’s Promoter and Manager until the demise of the Hawks in 1983, and also promoted at Hackney’s sister track Rye House. He became owner of Rye House Stadium in 2000 and has recently returned to Rye House Speedway as team owner, promoting the Rye House Rockets in the Premier League and the Rye House Raiders in the Conference League.
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Was once banned by the controlling authorities from ‘taking any part in a speedway meeting’ during the 1976 season.
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Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
