Bert Roger
{{Short description|British speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Bert Roger
| image =
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth-date|5 January 1920}}
| birth_place = Elham, Kent, England
| death_date = March 1995 (aged 75)
| death_place = Kent, England
| career1 = West Ham Hammers
| years1 = 1946, 1953–1955
| career2 = Exeter Falcons
| years2 = 1948
| career3 = New Cross Rangers
| years3 = 1949–1952
| career4 = Poole Pirates
| years4 = 1956
| career5 = Plymouth Devils
| years5 = 1962
| indivyear1 = 1952
| indivhonour1 = World Championship finalist (inj)
| indivyear2 =
| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1948
| teamhonour1 = National League Div 3 Champion
}}
Albert Otho Roger (1920–1995) better known as Bert Roger was a speedway rider from England.{{cite web|url=http://www.kent-speedway.com/news.php?extend.381|title=CYRIL ROGER (1921-2015)
|website=Kent Speedway|access-date=4 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-speedway.com/bobroger.php|title=LEGENDS: BOB ROGER|website=Swindon Robins|access-date=4 August 2021}} He earned 11 international caps for the England national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=28 December 2023}}
Speedway career
Roger rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1948 to 1956, riding primarily for New Cross Rangers{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004585/19500905/107/0004 |title=maximum for Bert Roger|website=Lewisham Borough News |date=5 September 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 October 2024 }} and West Ham Hammers.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=YEAR BY YEAR|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=4 August 2021}} He was a leading rider in the early 1950s and finished in the top ten UK averages during the 1952 Speedway National League riding for New Cross.
He qualified for the final of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship but was unable to take his place due to injury.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=4 August 2021}}
Family
His brothers Bob Roger and Cyril Roger were both speedway riders and all three brothers rode at the same time for New Cross.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19520507/006/0006 |title=Rogers brothers will all ride against Brummies |website=Evening Despatch |date=7 May 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 September 2024}}
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Category:British speedway riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
Category:New Cross Rangers riders
Category:West Ham Hammers riders
Category:Plymouth Devils riders
Category:People from Elham, Kent
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