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Sad to report Allan Kidd died last night.....he had not been well for a while.

 

 

Allan Kidd was born in London on June 25th 1929, He rode professionally in the UK for the Poole Pirates during his speedway career and was a one team man!

He is one of the few riders to have ridden in all three divisions of the National League, and also the Provincial League .

He also helped Poole to win the Third, Second, and Provincial League titles. and to this day they are the only club side to achieved this, and Allan, Ken Middleditch, and Tony Lewis are the only three riders to have won championship medals in all four leagues. A superb feat!

He first rode at the High Beech and Rye House training schools in 1949.

Allan rode in the second halves at Poole, before signing for the club and making his debut on 31 May 1950.

He helped Poole finish runners-up in the Third Division

1951 Third Division Champions and the Festival of Britain Shield winners.

1952 Second Division Champions

1953 Second Division runners up.

1954 Second Division runners up

1955 Second Division Champions

1955 Allan was the first winner of the Johnny Thomson Memorial Trophy

He retired from British speedway at the end of 1956, and moved to Canada at the beginning of 1957.

In 1959 Allan was ranked Number One in Canadian speedway!

Returned to England in 1960 to ride for Poole in the Provincial League. He was appointed club captain and helped the club to finish league runners - up.

Allan starred in a television commercial that was shown nationwide in 1960 - 1961 for Players Weights cigarettes. It was in many of the national and local newspapers, and it also included a lady named Valerie, who was a fashion model for one of the big stores in Bournemouth.

Allan and Valerie were married in 1955 and at the beginning of 1957 they emigrated to Canada

He was also part of the team crowned 1961 Provincial League Champions.

He was due to lead the Pirates again in 1962, but seriously injured his back while working for a local steel erecting company during the winter month and never rode again.

Allan was a member of the Poole team that made a seven match tour of Sweden in 1953. and again in 1995 he was a member of the Poole team that made an eight match tour of Denmark and Sweden.

During this time in the UK at Poole, he completed a respectable point compilation of 1416.5, 25th in all-time points standings!

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Very sorry to hear this Roger,  but thank you for posting. Do you know where was Allan residing when he passed-think he lived in London, On. but not sure?

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