John Louis (speedway rider)
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| Born |
14 June 1941 Ipswich, England |
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| Nickname | Tiger |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Current club information | |
| Career status | retired |
| Career history | |
| 1970-80 | Ipswich Witches |
| 1970 | Newport Wasps |
| 1970 | West Ham Hammers |
| 1971 | Oxford Cheetahs |
| 1971 | Wembley Lions |
| 1981-82 | Halifax Dukes |
| 1983-84 | King's Lynn Stars |
| Individual honours | |
| 1971 | British League Div II Riders' Champion |
| 1975 | British Champion |
| 1976 | Southern Riders' Champion |
| 1979 | British League Riders' Champion |
| 1971, 1978, 1979 | Second City Trophy |
| 1972, 1979 | Star of Anglia |
| 1974 | Superama |
| 1975 | Pride of the East |
| 1975, 1978 | Golden Sovereign |
| 1975 | Golden Gauntlets |
| Team honours | |
| 1970, 1971 | British League Div II KO Cup winner |
| 1972, 1974, 1975 | World Team Cup Winner |
| 1975, 1976 | British League Champion |
| 1976, 1978 | British League KO Cup winner |
| 1976 | World Pairs Champion |
| 1976, 1977 | British League Pairs Champion |
| 1976 | Spring Gold Cup |
John "Tiger" Louis (born 14 June 1941) is an England international Motorcycle speedway rider who rode for Ipswich, Newport, West Ham, Oxford, Wembley, Halifax and King's Lynn during his career. He is the father of Great Britain International Chris Louis.
Ipswich born Louis started his motorcycling career in and was tempted to have a go at speedway when Ipswich re-opened in 1969. He made his debut in 1970 and by the following year topped the national Second Division averages. In 1972 Ipswich gained admission to the top flight by purchasing West Ham's licence and Louis spearheaded the Witches team, making his World Final debut at London's Wembley Stadium in 1972, finishing in 5th place.
Louis finished fourth at the 1974 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden and improved to third in the 1975 World Final at Wembley and was part of the Great Britain Speedway World Team Cup winning teams of 1972 and 1973 and England's 1974 and 1975 teams
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