Hugh Robertson Anderson (born 18 January 1936) is a four-time
Grand Prix
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motorcycle
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road racing
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World Champion
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and a 19-time New Zealand national champion. He is also a two-time
Isle of Man TT
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winner.
Motorcycle racing career
Growing up in
Huntly
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, Anderson played
rugby league
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for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion
Ginger Molloy
Ginger Molloy (born 25 December 1937) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand. He competed from 1965 to 1970 in the Grand Prix world championship.
Growing up in Huntly, Molloy played rugby league for Huntly United along ...
.
He joined the Suzuki
factory racing team in
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
, racing the factory's 50cc, 125cc and occasionally 250cc racers. During his team membership, Anderson was double World Champion (50cc and 125cc) in
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
and retained his 50cc World Title the following year. In
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
, he was crowned 125cc World Championship on his factory
Suzuki
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. Anderson's last race for the Suzuki factory was at the
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
Japanese Grand Prix at Fisco in October 1966.
In the
1994 Queen's Birthday Honours
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, Anderson was appointed a
Member of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, for services to motor sport.
In 1995 he was inducted into the
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
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.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
(
key
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) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
Further reading
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External links
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
1936 births
Living people
125cc World Championship riders
350cc World Championship riders
50cc World Championship riders
Huntly United players
Isle of Man TT riders
New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
New Zealand motorcycle racers
New Zealand rugby league players
Sportspeople from Huntly, New Zealand
Rugby league players from Huntly, New Zealand
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