Ron Mountford

Ronald George Mountford

Born	31 May 1927 Birmingham, England
Died	18 March 1993 (aged 65)
Nationality	British (English)
Career history
1950-1957	Birmingham Brummies
1957-1968, 1970-1972	Coventry Bees
Individual honours
1954	Midland Riders' Champion
1962	Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1968	British League Champion
1967	British League KO Cup winner
1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1966, 1971	Midland Cup
1961	Central Shield

Ronald George Mountford (1927-1993) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England.^[1] He earned 25 international caps for the England national speedway team and 4 caps for the Great Britain team.^[2]

Speedway career

Mountford was a leading rider in the 1950s and 1960s and reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[3]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1950 to 1972, riding for Birmingham Brummies and Coventry Bees.^[4][5]

During 1957, he was suspended by the Auto Cyclist Union, along with Birmingham teammate Eric Boothroyd for riding in South Africa.^[6]

In 1966, he was made the club captain at Coventry.^[7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 2pts
• 1963 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - Did not ride

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. "This was Birmingham Speedway". Sports Argus. 3 August 1957. Retrieved 5 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Ron Mountford takes over as Bees skipper". Coventry Standard. 25 August 1966. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.