Jack Chapman (speedway rider)

Wenley Jack Chapman (3 March 1907 – 14 February 1994) was an Australian motorcycle speedway rider.

[1][2] He earned 17 official and unofficial international caps for the Australia national speedway team.

[4] He was one of the early pioneers of speedway, particularly in the United Kingdom, when he travelled over from Australia for the second season of the sport in 1929.

[12] After the 1934 season, Chapman returned home once again but this time stayed in Australia, selling Motorcycles in Adelaide.

[13] Five years later in 1939, Chapman now aged 32, made a comeback, joining the Harringay Tigers,[14] Before finishing his UK career with Edinburgh Thistles, operating at Marine Gardens in Portobello.