Vic Huxley

Victor Nelson Huxley (23 September 1906 – 24 June 1982[1] in Brisbane, Queensland) was an Australian speedway rider[2] who won the Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1930 and finished runner-up in 1931 and 1932.

[citation needed] Huxley won the 1934 Australian Championship (3 Laps) in front of his home crowd at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.

[citation needed] He won the London Riders' Championship in 1936,[4] whilst with the Wimbledon Dons[5][6] but retired from British speedway at the end of the 1936 season and returned to Australia where he rode in the Winter test series against England.

[7] Huxley died in his home town of Brisbane on 24 June 1982 at the age of 75, just 3 months shy of his 76th birthday.

[citation needed] Huxley is listed as number 20 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.

1937 cigarette card illustration