What is Ralph Bryans?
[[File:Ralph Bryans Cropped.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Bryans in 2008.]] '''Ralph Bryans''' (7 March 1941<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eggersdorfer.info/images/bryansbrief.jpg |title=Letter from Ralph Bryans to Rolf Eggersdorfer |access-date=2014-08-21 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821180548/http://www.eggersdorfer.info/images/bryansbrief.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> – 6 August 2014) was a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. In [[1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1965]], he won the [[50 cc]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championship]] aboard a factory-sponsored [[Honda]]. He was born in [[Belfast]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Ralph+Bryans |title=Ralph Bryans career statistics at MotoGP.com |access-date=2014-08-08 |archive-date=2020-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410100251/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Ralph+Bryans |url-status=dead }}</ref> After a short illness, Bryans died at his home in [[Scotland]] on 6 August 2014, aged 72.<ref>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/belfast-biking-world-champ-ralf-bryans-dies-at-72-30491901.html Belfast biking world champ Ralph Bryans dies at 72] ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-08</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryans, Ralph}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:British motorcycle racers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Belfast]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}