Oliver Hart (speedway rider)

Oliver Hart (13 September 1912[1] – 16 July 1983) was an international motorcycle speedway rider.

[2][3] Hart first rode with the Liverpool Merseysiders during the 1936 Provincial Speedway League season.

[6] On 25 August 1937, he witnessed his brother's death; Stan Hart died following a crash at the Hall Green Stadium in Birmingham.

[11] He finished scored a point in the Speedway World Championship final in 1949 riding at reserve.

[12] Hart was notable in speedway as being one of the last riders to only use the leg trailing method of riding.