Thomas Mylchreest Sheard Jnr (6 January 1889 in
Dalby, Isle of Man
Dalby ( glv, Delbee) is a small hamlet on the Isle of Man, near the western coast. It lies on the A27 Port Erin to Peel road, five miles south of Peel, in the parish of Patrick.
The hamlet looks out towards the Irish Sea from the western sid ...
, – 10 August 1954), a
motorcycle racer
Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Oth ...
with two victories at the
Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world ...
races, was a great nephew to Joseph Mylchreest, the 'Diamond King'.
[''Tom Sheard 'The Modest Manxman.' An Isle of Man TT Legend.'' pp1 R.Sheard Premier Print Ltd.]
The 1922 Junior TT race was won by local competitor Sheard riding an
AJS motorcycle at an average race speed of 54.75 mph. Hutchison Tyres were used on AJS machines in 1922, and Sheard featured in their adverts of the time. An example of this was in "The Scotsman" newspaper after the TT win in 1922.
In 1923, Douglas had their first
Senior TT
The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the Blue Riband event of the festi ...
race victory with Sheard winning on a 500 cc machine. Sheard was one of only five riders in the world to trial disc brakes on a Douglas motorcycle. Other riders to trial the disc-braked Douglas were
Freddie Dixon
Frederick William Dixon (21 April 1892 – 4 November 1956) was an English motorcycle racer and racing car driver. The designer of the motorcycle and banking sidecar system, he was also one of the few motorsport competitors to have been success ...
and Sydney Ollerhead.
Douglas
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People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
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was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1907–1957 based in Kingswood, Bristol, owned by the Douglas family, and especially known for its
horizontally opposed twin cylinder engined bikes and as manufacturers of speedway machines.
Sources
External links
Douglas Road Racing HistoryTT database rider profileiomtt.com
TT database TT resultsiomtt.com
Isle of Man TT riders
Manx motorcycle racers
1889 births
1954 deaths
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