Neil Street
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| Born |
15 January 1931 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Died | 6 October 2011 (aged 80) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Career history | |
| 1952–1955, 1966–1969 1957–1963 1972–1976 |
Exeter Falcons Swindon Robins Newport Wasps |
| Team honours | |
| 1974, 1975 | Spring Gold Cup |
| 2001, 2002 | World Team Cup as Manager |
| 2002 | Speedway World Cup as Manager |
Neil Street OAM (15 January 1931 – 6 October 2011) was an international motorcycle speedway rider, manager and engineer, who first arrived in Britain in 1952 to ride for the Exeter Falcons. Street was born in Melbourne, Australia.
He rode for the Swindon Robins and the Newport Wasps before retiring from racing in 1976. He made international appearances for Australia, Australasia, Great Britain and Norway. In 2002 he was awarded the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 'Motor Sport' Awards for his services to speedway.
In 1981 he was appointed team manager of the Weymouth Wildcats. When they closed in 1984 he became manager of the Poole Pirates until 1999 when he handed over to Neil Middleditch. In 1984 he was also the team manager of the Exeter Falcons. In 1997 he also took over as manager of the Newport Wasps and stayed in charge there until 2005.
Street was also manager of the Australia speedway team and was in charge when they won the World Team Cup in 1999 and the Speedway World Cup in 2001 and 2002. In 2009, Street returned to take charge of the Newport Wasps for after the club returned to racing following the death of promoter Tim Stone in 2008.
His daughter Carole married motorcycle speedway rider Phil Crump and his grandson, Jason Crump, has won the World Speedway Championship three times, in 2004, 2006 and 2009.
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