Robert Lawford Oakley (1921-1999) was an English motorcycle speedway rider.
[1] He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team.
He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and went on to win the bronze medal.
[3] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Wembley Lions who he joined from Southampton Saints for £1,500 in July 1950.
[4][5] With the Wembley team he won three league championships for three consecutive years from 1950 to 1952.