Brian Stonebridge
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| Nationality | British |
| Born | 6 June 1928 Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | October 1959 (aged 31) |
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| Years active | 1950 - 1959 |
| Teams | Matchless, BSA, Greeves |
| Wins | 6 |
Brian Stonebridge (6 June 1928 – October 1959) was a leading English motorcycle racer of the 1950s competing in scrambles, now known as .
Born in Cambridgeshire, England, Stonebridge began riding for the Matchless scrambles team in 1950, winning a gold medal in that year's International Six Days Trial. In 1952 and 1954, he was a member of the British teams that won the . In 1954, he joined the BSA factory team, helping develop the two-stroke, BSA Bantam scrambler. Stonebridge then moved to the Greeves racing team in 1957, becoming the company Competitions Manager and Development Engineer. He competed in the 1959 250cc , finishing the year in second place behind Rolf Tibblin.
Stonebridge died in October 1959 after a road traffic accident when he was a passenger in a car driven by his 'boss' at the time, Bert Greeves.
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