What is Barry Briggs?
[[File:Barry Briggs.JPG|right|200px]] '''Barry Briggs''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 30 December 1934) is a former [[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] rider. He was born in [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]]. He won the [[Speedway World Championship|World Individual Championship]] title four times – in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966.<ref name=swc>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref> He appeared in a record 17 consecutive World Individual finals (1954–70). Briggs retired from British league racing in 1972 after an accident, but returned in 1974, then announcing in 1975 that this would be his last season<ref>Lawson,K (2018) “Rebels 1975 – The Last Season”.pg144 {{ISBN| 978-0-244-99725-0}}</ref> yet retired in 1976. In 1973 Briggs was awarded an [[MBE]] for his services to sport and in 1990 he was added into the [[New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Barry Briggs: The Ride|url=http://www.briggo.net/|access-date=2010-03-04|archive-date=2013-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017141443/http://www.briggo.net/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/page.pasp?searchtext=Search+the+Hall+of+Fame+Inductees&Go=Go New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408095736/http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/page.pasp?searchtext=Search+the+Hall+of+Fame+Inductees&Go=Go |date=2008-04-08 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs, Barry}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:New Zealand motorcycle racers]] [[Category:Speedway riders]] {{sports-bio-stub}}