Robert Henry (speedway rider)

Robert Frank Henry (born 28 June 1954) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England, who rode for Mildenhall Fen Tigers for eleven seasons, later going on to manage the team.

[1] In 1975, he moved on to Mildenhall Fen Tigers, and won the Suffolk Junior Open Championship.

By 1979 he was established as one of Mildenhall's top riders, averaging close to nine points per match, and maintained consistently high scores for the team until his retirement in 1986.

[2] During his career he also had a spell in the top flight British League, with Leicester Lions for whom he rode in nineteen matches in 1979.

[4] In 2011, Henry was appointed as team manager to the Fen Tigers, and went on to win the National League Knock Out Cup in his first season in charge.