Tommy Roper

Tommy Roper
Born	6 July 1940 (age 84); Bradford, England
Nationality	British (English)
Career history
1960, 1962	Bradford Panthers
1961	Middlesbrough Bears
1962–1965	Sheffield Tigers
1965	Long Eaton Archers
1965–1966, 1972	Halifax Dukes
1967–1971	Belle Vue Aces
1971	Oxford Cheetahs
1974	Hull Vikings
Team honours
1966, 1970	British League Champion
1966	British League Knockout Cup Winner
1966	Northern Cup Winner
1963, 1964	Provincial Northern League Champion

Thomas Roper (born 6 July 1940) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.^[1]^[2] He earned four international caps for the England national speedway team.^[3]

Speedway career

Roper rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1965 to 1974, riding for various clubs.^[3]^[4]

Roper switched from Middlesbrough Bears to Sheffield Tigers in 1962 and would spend four seasons with the South Yorkshire club.^[5]

Roper left Sheffield to join Halifax Dukes in 1965 and was an integral part of the Halifax Dukes team that won the double during the 1966 British League season,^[6] scoring a season average of 7.54.^[7] In 1967 he moved to Belle Vue Aces and was a member of the 1970 title winning team.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Bradford Speedway (Greenfield)". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "Tommy Roper carried off". Halifax Evening Courier. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Tommy Roper top scorer". Halifax Evening Courier. 1 August 1966. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 October 2024.

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