Goog Hoskin
{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway rider (1927 – 2005)}}
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{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Goog Hoskin
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date text|4 December 1927}}
| birth_place = Exeter, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|1|20|1927|12|4|df=y}}
| death_place = Exeter, England
| career1 = Exeter Falcons
| years1 = 1949–1955, 1963
| teamyear1 = 1951
| teamhonour1 = National Trophy (Div 3) Winner
}}
Hubert Henry Hoskin (4 December 1927 – 20 January 2005) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. During his speedway career he was known as Goog Hoskin.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=12 January 2024}}
Biography
Hoskin, born in Exeter, began his British leagues career riding for Exeter Falcons during the 1949 Speedway National League Division Three season.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1949.html |title=1949 season |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=9 January 2024}}{{cite news |title=reserve Falcon's Big Chance tonight |work=Western Morning News |date=27 June 1949 |access-date=12 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19490627/090/0006 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
He spent seven seasons with the Devon club from 1949 to 1955,{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html |title=Year by Year |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=9 January 2024}} improving his average season by season and averaged 10.86 and was the division's leading rider during the 1953 Speedway Southern League.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/specialfeaturesrideraverages.pdf |title=Rider averages 1929 to 2009 |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=12 January 2024}}
He earned a status as a fan's favourite but was left without a club when Exeter stopped league racing after the 1955 season. Hoskin chose not to join another club and contemplated emigrating to Canada.{{cite news |title=Comings and Goings |work=Express and Echo |date=24 August 1956 |access-date=9 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001061/19560824/150/0009 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} When Exeter returned to British speedway in 1961, Hoskin was a target for the new promotion at the club, but he chose not to ride.{{cite news |title=League again at Exeter |work=Express and Echo |date=10 August 1960 |access-date=9 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001061/19600810/006/0006 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} However, he did resume riding for his home club in 1963 for one final season.{{cite news |title=The Falcons crash at Weymouth |work=Express and Echo |date=13 July 1963 |access-date=9 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001061/19630713/008/0008 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}