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Roger Frogley (1908 in Ware, Hertfordshire - 1974) was a pioneering British motorcycle speedway rider. His crowning triumph was beating the Australian star, Ben Unwin, at the International Match Race in front of a 40,000 strong crowd. Roger and Buster Frogley rode modified 1928 Dirt Track Rudge motor bikes. In 1929, Roger Frogley rode in forty races, winning eighteen of them. Most significantly, he won the "Home" Star Riders' Championship at Wimbledon on Monday 21 October, making him the first British Star Rider. He suffered from a gastric ulcer and died from cancer of the colon in the 1970s

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rdfs:label	Roger Frogley (en)
rdfs:comment	Roger Frogley (1908 in Ware, Hertfordshire - 1974) was a pioneering British motorcycle speedway rider. His crowning triumph was beating the Australian star, Ben Unwin, at the International Match Race in front of a 40,000 strong crowd. Roger and Buster Frogley rode modified 1928 Dirt Track Rudge motor bikes. In 1929, Roger Frogley rode in forty races, winning eighteen of them. Most significantly, he won the "Home" Star Riders' Championship at Wimbledon on Monday 21 October, making him the first British Star Rider. He suffered from a gastric ulcer and died from cancer of the colon in the 1970s (en)
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name	Roger Frogley (en)
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birth place	Ware, Hertfordshire
death place	Essex, England (en)
death date	1974-06-30 (xsd:date)
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birth date	1908-07-13 (xsd:date)
dct:subject	1908 births 1974 deaths British speedway riders
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	United Kingdom Motorcycle speedway Crystal Palace Glaziers 1908 births 1974 deaths Ware, Hertfordshire Wimbledon Stadium Star Riders' Championship High Beach British speedway riders New Cross Rangers
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has abstract	Roger Frogley (1908 in Ware, Hertfordshire - 1974) was a pioneering British motorcycle speedway rider. His crowning triumph was beating the Australian star, Ben Unwin, at the International Match Race in front of a 40,000 strong crowd. Frogley rode for the Crystal Palace Glaziers the majority of his career. He made his debut on 14 April 1928 at High Beach motorcycle speedway located inside of Epping Forest, England; the track was behind The King's Oak public house. A special trophy was put forth that year for the first, fourth place riders to win races at more than 39 mph. The trophies were won by Roger, his brother Buster, Joe Francis, and Arthur Willimott. Roger and Buster Frogley rode modified 1928 Dirt Track Rudge motor bikes. In 1929, Roger Frogley rode in forty races, winning eighteen of them. Most significantly, he won the "Home" Star Riders' Championship at Wimbledon on Monday 21 October, making him the first British Star Rider. Roger Frogley was the top scoring rider for England, with six points, in the first England versus Australia Test Match at Wimbledon Stadium, Plough Lane, in 1930. He retired in 1932, due to a loss of form. and made an unsuccessful comeback at New Cross Lambs in 1935. In later life he was a successful businessman and lived in a house on Stapleford Airfield with his wife Sonja and his children William and Tanya. He was a keen aviator and sailor. He was a friend of Rupert "Bob" Simpson a pilot with BOAC and fellow boating enthusiast He suffered from a gastric ulcer and died from cancer of the colon in the 1970s (en)
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