Born | 26 February 1925 Dalston, London |
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Nationality | British (English) |
Career history | |
1948 | Bristol Bulldogs |
1948, 1953 | Yarmouth Bloaters |
1949-1950 | Harringay Racers |
1950 | Liverpool Chads |
1951-1953 | Bradford Tudors |
Team honours | |
1948 | British Div 2 |
Arthur Thomas Bush (born 26 February 1925) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned five international caps for the England national speedway team. [1] [2]
Bush was born in 1925 in Dalston, London. He served as a Royal Navy petty officer during World War II before signing for Harringay Racers in the top division of British speedway during June 1947. He was described as a protégé of Vic Duggan. [3]
In 1948, he was loaned out to Bristol Bulldogs in the second division, [4] where he made just a small contribution to their league winning season because later in the season he was loaned out to Yarmouth Bloaters, during the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three season. [5]
In 1949, he finally secured a spot in the Harringay Racers team and remained with Harringay for 1950 but was loaned out to Liverpool Chads during the second half of the season. [6]
His career at Harringay never really took off and before the 1951 season, Harringay signed Jack Biggs from Bradford Tudors for £1,000, in a deal that also saw the exchange of Bush and fellow rider Alf Viccary. [7] However, his form at Bradford improved to the extent that he was selected by England to represent them in the 1951 winter test series tour of Australia. [8]
He spent the following two seasons with Bradford from 1952 to 1953 but during his last season in 1953 with them, he was transferred to Yarmouth in the second division. [9]