Thomas Arthur Price (28 October 1907 - April 1989) was a motorcycle speedway rider who rode for several teams between 1929 and 1937.

Career

Price first rode for

Liverpool Chads Liverpool Chads are a defunct motorcycle speedway team who were based at the Stanley Stadium in Prescot Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, England.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing History Liverp ...

in 1929, and rode for both Liverpool and Preston in the 1929 and 1930 seasons.Bamford, Robert (2003) ''Speedway: The Pre-War Years'', Tempus, , p. 214 He rode for the

Leicester Super Leicester Super was a motorcycle speedway team based at the Leicester Super Speedway near Melton Road. History Promotion company Speedways and Sports Ltd initially approached Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1929 with a proposal to constr ...

team in the Northern League in 1931, scoring maximum points on his debut, but his season was cut short by a fractured elbow.Jones, Alan (2010) ''Speedway in Leicester: The Pre-War Years'', Automedia, p. 186 He then took a break from the sport, returning for one season in 1934 with Birmingham Bulldogs, and then in 1936 he rode for both Liverpool (in the

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) and Belle Vue (in the

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). He rode in a Provincial League representative team in two matches against Australia in 1937. Price's brothers Ernie Price and Norman Price were also professional speedway riders.

Players cigarette cards

Price is listed as number 37 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.

References

1907 births 1989 deaths British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Leicester Super riders Preston Speedway riders {{England-speedway-bio-stub