Cyril Brine
{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image = Cyril brine.jpg
| name= Cyril Brine
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|2|6|df=y}}
| death_date = Q3, 1988 (aged 70)
| nickname = Salty"Cyril 'Salty' Brine Calls it a Day", Speedway Star, 23 March 1963, p. 4
| birth_place = Borehamwood, England
| years1 = 1946–1962
| career1 = Wimbledon
| teamhonour1 = National League Champion
National Trophy winner
| teamyear1 = 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958,
1959, 1960, 1961
1950, 1951, 1953, 1956,
1959, 1960, 1962
| teamyear2 = 1962
| teamhonour2 = National League KO Cup Winner
| teamyear3 = 1954
| teamhonour3 = RAC Cup Winner
| teamyear4 = 1959
| teamhonour4 = Britannia Shield Winner
}}
Cyril Harry Brine (6 February 1918 in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, EnglandAddison J. (1948). The People Speedway Guide. Odhams Press LimitedSpeedway Star 23 March 1963 suggests he was born in 1920 – 1988) was an international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals twice.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=29 July 2023}}
Career
Brine began speedway racing in 1938. He initially rode at the training track at Rye House. Brine spent his entire career with one club, the Wimbledon Dons,Jacobs, Norman (2001). Speedway in London. Stroud: Tempus Publishing {{ISBN|0-7524-2221-9}} where he made over 460 league appearances and scored over 2700 points, a club record. In his seventeen-season career with the Dons, he won the National League Championship seven times and the National Trophy seven times.
During the speedway winters, he built bike frames in a Boreham Wood garage, with his brother Percy Brine and brother-in-law Dick Geary.{{cite news |title=When the speed motors are silent |work=Daily Mirror |date=24 January 1947|access-date=5 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19470124/114/0009 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Brine made his debut for England national speedway team in 1949. He retired from speedway in early 1963.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19630326/518/0037 |title=Team changes |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=26 March 1963 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}} At retirement he had earned 12 international caps for England.
World final appearances
- 1950 – {{flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium – 9th – 7pts
- 1951 – {{flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 3pts