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with four Grand Prix victories out of nine races. His 350 cc world championship wins for the Italian marque were the first by a non-British motorcycle manufacturer. Anderson became the oldest competitor in FIM history to win a Grand Prix race when, he won the 1953 Spanish Grand Prix at the age
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Anderson won his second consecutive Mettet Grand Prix on 1 May 1955, however withdrew from the World Championships after his criticism of the FIM's organization provoked them to cancel his racing license. He became Moto Guzzi's race team manager, but quit over a dispute over having a freer hand at
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competitions from 1932 to 1956. He was one of the first British competitors to make his living racing motorcycles on the European continent, most prominently as a member of the
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After the war, Anderson eagerly returned to motorcycle racing, winning 73 races in 1947. The 1947 350 cc Swiss Grand Prix was designated to be a one-race
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racing. Anderson was awarded a Brooklands Gold Star badge for having lapped the Brooklands circuit at over 100 mph (160 km/h) on a
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factory. He died on 6 May 1956 at the age of 47, after being thrown from his motorcycle during a race in
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races aboard DKW motorcycles. He retired from the Junior race and placed 28th in the Senior TT.
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Fluent in four languages, he enjoyed foreign travel and spent the 1930s competing in
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invitational race. He successfully defended his 350 cc World Championship in
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Anderson entered his first major international motorcycle competition at the 1932
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Anderson competed in his first motorcycle race in 1927 at the age of 18, riding a
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on February 9, 1909 as the son of a Scottish naval architect. He was educated at
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250 cc World Championship in second place, four points behind Lorenzetti.
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events on the European continent riding a variety of motorcycles including;
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borrowed from his sister without her knowledge. He then purchased a 500cc
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running the team. He returned to racing and was offered a ride by the
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and Syd Lawton finishing in second and third places. He ended the
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circuit on August 20, 1950, but retired after five laps with a
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On 25 April 1954, Anderson won the prestigious, pre-season
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Circuit. He purchased his first motorcycle in 1923, a
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The following weekend he entered the 514:(FIM) organized motorcycle road racing into a 2648: 2277: 497:350 cc European road racing championship 335:factory racing team where he was a two-time 804:5 best results were counted up until 1955. 345: 2655: 2641: 2284: 2270: 2011:"Fergus Anderson On An AJS, February 1947" 29: 512:Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme 478: 2837:Motorcycle racers who died while racing 2779: 1987:, Mortons Motorcycle Media Ltd, 2021, 2802:People educated at Berkhamsted School 2636: 2265: 319:(9 February 1909 – 6 May 1956) was a 2664:350 cc Motorcycle European Champions 1981:"Fergus Anderson - Men Who Mattered" 2200:"Trophy de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse" 1901:"Fergus Anderson career statistics" 643:1953 350 cc World Championship 428:. 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British
Croydon, Surrey
Floreffe
Belgium
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
1949
1954
1949 250 cc Swiss Grand Prix
1954
Spanish Grand Prix
1951 500 cc Swiss Grand Prix
1954
Spanish Grand Prix
Moto Guzzi
Championships
1953
1954
Poles
F. laps
Isle of Man TT
1939
1951
1954
1952 Lightweight TT
1953 Lightweight TT
British
motorcycle racer
road racing
Moto Guzzi

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