John Boulger
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| Born |
18 June 1945 Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Nickname | JB |
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| 1967 | Long Eaton Archers |
| 1968-1973, 1977-1979 | Leicester Lions |
| 1974-1976 | Cradley United |
| Individual honours | |
| 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, | South Australian Champion |
| 1971, 1973 | Australian Champion |
| 1973 | Midland Riders' Champion |
| 1974 | Golden Gauntlets |
| 1976 | Australasian Champion |
| 1982 | Australian Long Track Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1976 | World Team Cup |
| 1972 | Midland Cup |
John Boulger (born 18 June 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. After he retired from riding Solos in the early 1980s, Boulger raced somewhat successfully in Speedcars (Midgets) from the mid-1980s until the mid-1990s. Boulger won a record nine South Australian Championships (a record jointly held with 1951 and 1952 World Champion Jack Young) as well as two Australian Solo Championships during his career.
As part of the Australian team, John Boulger won one World Championship during his career, this being the 1976 World Team Cup held at the White City Stadium in London, England. Boulger had the honour of captaining the team to Australia's first Speedway World Team Cup victory. It was Australia's first World title in any speedway competition since Young's World Championship win in 1952.
John Boulger, whose father was a mechanic for international solo star Merv Harding, started his racing career in 1965 racing as a sidecar passenger with friend Brenton Hanks (which only lasted a year) before moving into speedway. His first race was at the Broken Hill Speedway in October 1966 where he lost an oil tank and seized the engine in his first meeting. He then got his break when he tagged along with leading Adelaide sidecar rider Len Bowes to the Northern Park Raceway in Melbourne. As a favour to Bowes, the promoter let Boulger ride just expecting him to make up the numbers, but everyone received a shock when Boulger broke the track record in his first ride.
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