Trevor Hedge

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title: "Trevor Hedge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1943-births", "living-people", "british-speedway-riders", "english-motorcycle-racers", "hackney-hawks-riders", "king's-lynn-stars-riders", "leicester-hunters-riders", "norwich-stars-riders", "oxford-cheetahs-riders", "wimbledon-dons-riders", "people-from-diss,-norfolk", "20th-century-english-sportsmen"] description: "British motorcycle speedway rider" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Hedge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Trevor Hedge
image	Trevor Hedge 310376.jpg
nationality	British (English)
birth_date
birth_place	Diss, England
years1	1961–1964
career1	Norwich Stars
years2	1962
career2	Leicester Hunters
years3	1963, 1976–1977
career3	Hackney Hawks
years4	1963
career4	Oxford Cheetahs
years5	1965–1974
career5	Wimbledon Dons
years6	1975
career6	King's Lynn Stars
indivyear1	1969
indivhonour1	Internationale
indivyear2	1969, 1970
indivhonour2	London Riders' Champion
teamyear1	1968, 1969, 1970
teamhonour1	British League KO Cup Winner
teamyear2	1968, 1969, 1970, 1974
teamhonour2	London Cup Winner
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| name = Trevor Hedge | image = Trevor Hedge 310376.jpg | nationality = British (English) | birth_date =
| death_date = | birth_place = Diss, England

| years1 = 1961–1964 | career1 = Norwich Stars | years2 = 1962 | career2 = Leicester Hunters | years3 = 1963, 1976–1977 | career3 = Hackney Hawks | years4 = 1963 | career4 = Oxford Cheetahs | years5 = 1965–1974 | career5 = Wimbledon Dons | years6 = 1975 | career6 = King's Lynn Stars

| indivyear1 = 1969 | indivhonour1 = Internationale | indivyear2 = 1969, 1970 | indivhonour2 = London Riders' Champion

| teamyear1 = 1968, 1969, 1970 | teamhonour1 = British League KO Cup Winner | teamyear2 = 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 | teamhonour2 = London Cup Winner

Trevor John Hedge (born 3 August 1943) is an English former motorcycle speedway rider.

Career

Hedge was born on 3 August 1943 in Diss, Norfolk, England. Before taking up speedway, Hedge was a cycle speedway champion.

Hedge began his British leagues career riding a few times for Norwich Stars during the 1961 Speedway National League season. The following season he doubled up with Norwich and Leicester Hunters, the latter in the Provincial league. He began to improve his average in 1963 while at Hackney and was averaging 8.00 with Norwich during the 1963 Speedway National League season.

After another strong season with Norwich he was allocated to the Wimbledon Dons, on the creation of the new British League in 1965. It was at Wimbledon that he experienced the best years of his career, winning the London Riders' Championship twice in succession in 1969 and 1970 and the Internationale in 1969. In addition to the individual success he won the British League Knockout Cup three times and the London Cup four times.

Hedge reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1970.

At retirement he had earned 16 international caps for the England national speedway team and 17 caps for Great Britain.

World Final Appearances

• 1970 – POL Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 0pts

References

References

1. Oakes, Peter. (1976). "Who's Who of World Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
2. Rogers, Martin (1963) "Hackney Hawks Here to Stay?", ''[[Speedway Star]]'', 1 June 1963, p. 16
3. "1961 season results".
4. "Rider averages 1929 to 2009".
5. (31 March 1965). "Wimbledon doubt over line-up". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
6. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
7. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
8. "Wimbledon 1970".
9. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022".
10. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5

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