Ron Mountford


Ronald George Mountford was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned 25 international caps for the England national speedway team and 4 caps for the Great Britain team.

Speedway career

Mountford was a leading rider in the 1950s and 1960s and reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship.
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1950 to 1972, riding for Birmingham Brummies and Coventry Bees.
During 1957, he was suspended by the Auto Cyclist Union, along with Birmingham teammate Eric Boothroyd for riding in South Africa.
In 1966, he was made the club captain at Coventry.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship