Tadeusz Teodorowicz (1931–1965) also known as Teo was an international speedway rider from Poland and Great Britain.
[4] He would eventually become a British citizen after escaping and seeking political asylum from the communist East while on a tour of the Netherlands in September 1958.
[6] He was in the best form of his career at the time and then tragedy struck when he suffered major head trauma in a match while riding for Swindon Robins against West Ham Hammers.
[7] The match was held at the West Ham Stadium on 1 September 1964 and Teo was left with a skull fracture following a crash into the fence, this caused him to go into a coma.
He was transferred to a London hospital and then moved to Swindon before he died several months later from Pneumonia, on 21 January 1965.