Born | Borehamwood, England | 6 February 1918
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Died | Q3, 1988 (aged 70) |
Nickname | Salty [1] |
Nationality | British (English) |
Career history | |
1946–1962 | Wimbledon |
Team honours | |
1954,
1955,
1956,
1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962 |
National League Champion National Trophy winner |
1962 | National League KO Cup Winner |
1954 | RAC Cup Winner |
1959 | Britannia Shield Winner |
Cyril Harry Brine (born 6 February 1918 in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England [2] [3] – died 1988) was an international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals twice. [4] [5]
Brine began speedway racing in 1938. [1] He initially rode at the training track at Rye House. [1] Brine spent his entire career with one club, the Wimbledon Dons, [6] where he made over 460 league appearances and scored over 2700 points, a club record. In his seventeen-season career with the Dons, he won the National League Championship seven times and the National Trophy seven times.
During the speedway winters, he built bike frames in a Boreham Wood garage, with his brother Percy Brine and brother-in-law Dick Geary. [7]
Brine made his debut for England national speedway team in 1949. He retired from speedway in early 1963. [1] At retirement he had earned 12 international caps for England. [5]
Elder brother Percy also rode. [1]